Prison weekly Kislev 7, 5768

This Weeks Torah Reading is Vayetse"And He Went"

Genesis 28:10-32:3 The Haftarah is Hosea 12:13-14:10

& The New Testament Reading John 1:43-51

Next weeks Readings are TorahVaYishlach " And He sent " Genesis 32:4-36:43

the Haftarah is Obadiah 1:1-21 & Hosea 11:7-12:12

The New Testament Reading is Matthew 26:36-46

Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. He had a dream; a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it. And the Lord was standing beside him and He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac: the ground on which you are lying I will assign to you and to your offspring. Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you and your descendants. Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is present in this place, and I did not know it!" Shaken, he said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God, and that is the gateway to heaven." Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He named that site Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz. Jacob then made a vow, saying, "If God remains with me, if He protects me on this journey that I am making, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and if I return safe to my father's house--the Lord shall be my God. And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God's abode; and of all that You give me, I will set aside a tithe for You." Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the Easterners. There before his eyes was a well in the open. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for the flocks were watered from that well. The stone on the mouth of the well was large. When all the flocks were gathered there, the stone would be rolled from the mouth of the well and the sheep watered; then the stone would be put back in its place on the mouth of the well.

Jacob said to them, "My friends, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "Yes, we do." He continued, "Is he well?" They answered, "Yes, he is; and there is his daughter Rachel, coming with the flock." He said, "It is still broad daylight, too early to round up the animals; water the flock and take them to pasture." But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are rounded up; then the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well and we water the sheep." While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's flock; for she was a shepherdess. And when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the flock of his uncle Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of his uncle Laban. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and broke into tears. Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman, that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. On hearing the news of his sister's son Jacob, Laban ran to greet him; he embraced him and kissed him, and took him into his house. He told Laban all that had happened, and Laban said to him, "You are truly my bone and flesh." When he had stayed with him a month's time, Laban said to Jacob, "Just because you are a kinsman, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?" Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah had weak eyes; Rachel was shapely and beautiful. Jacob loved Rachel; so he answered, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." Laban said, "Better that I give her to you than that I should give her to an outsider. Stay with me." So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time is fulfilled, that I may cohabit with her." And Laban gathered all the people of the place and made a feast. When evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and he cohabited with her. Laban had given his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid. When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? I was in your service for Rachel! Why did you deceive me?" Laban said, "It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the older. Wait until the bridal week of this one is over and we will give you that one too, provided you serve me another seven years." Jacob did so; he waited out the bridal week of the one, and then he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife. Laban had given his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid. And Jacob cohabited with Rachel also; indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served him another seven years.

The Lord saw that Leah was unloved and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. Leah conceived and bore a son, and named him Reuben; for she declared, "It means: 'The Lord has seen my affliction'; it also means: 'Now my husband will love me."' She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, "This is because the Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me this one also"; so she named him Simeon. Again she conceived and bore a son and declared, "This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore he was named Levi. She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, "This time I will praise the Lord." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing. When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die." Jacob was incensed at Rachel, and said, "Can I take the place of God, who has denied you fruit of the womb?" She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah. Consort with her, that she may bear on my knees and that through her I too may have children." So she gave him her maid Bilhah as concubine, and Jacob cohabited with her. Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. And Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; indeed, He has heeded my plea and given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan. Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, "A fateful contest I waged with my sister; yes, and I have prevailed." So she named him Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine. And when Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son, Leah said, "What luck!" So she named him Gad. When Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Leah declared, "What fortune!" meaning, "Women will deem me fortunate." So she named him Asher. Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." But she said to her, "Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you would also take my son's mandrakes?" Rachel replied, "I promise, he shall lie with you tonight, in return for your son's mandrakes." When Jacob came home from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You are to sleep with me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with her that night. God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore him a fifth son. And Leah said, "God has given me my reward for having given my maid to my husband." So she named him Issachar. When Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son, Leah said, "God has given me a choice gift; this time my husband will exalt me, for I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun. Last, she bore him a daughter, and named her Dinah. Now God remembered Rachel; God heeded her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my disgrace." So she named him Joseph, which is to say, "May the Lord add another son for me."

After Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Give me leave to go back to my own homeland. Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may go; for well you know what services I have rendered you." But Laban said to him, "If you will indulge me, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on your account." And he continued, "Name the wages due from me, and I will pay you." But he said, "You know well how I have served you and how your livestock has fared with me. For the little you had before I came has grown to much, since the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. And now, when shall I make provision for my own household?" He said, "What shall I pay you?" And Jacob said, "Pay me nothing! If you will do this thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flocks: let me pass through your whole flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal--every dark-colored sheep and every spotted and speckled goat. Such shall be my wages. In the future when you go over my wages, let my honesty toward you testify for me: if there are among my goats any that are not speckled or spotted or any sheep that are not dark-colored, they got there by theft." And Laban said, "Very well, let it be as you say." But that same day he removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats--every one that had white on it--and all the dark-colored sheep, and left them in the charge of his sons. And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban's flock.

Jacob then got fresh shoots of poplar, and of almond and plane, and peeled white stripes in them, laying bare the white of the shoots. The rods that he had peeled he set up in front of the goats in the troughs, the water receptacles, that the goats came to drink from. Their mating occurred when they came to drink, and since the goats mated by the rods, the goats brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted young. But Jacob dealt separately with the sheep; he made these animals face the streaked or wholly dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. And so he produced special flocks for himself, which he did not put with Laban's flocks. Moreover, when the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they mated by the rods; but with the feebler animals he would not place them there. Thus the feeble ones went to Laban and the sturdy to Jacob. So the man grew exceedingly prosperous, and came to own large flocks, maidservants and menservants, camels and asses.

Now he heard the things that Laban's sons were saying: "Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from that which was our father's he has built up all this wealth." Jacob also saw that Laban's manner toward him was not as it had been in the past. Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers where you were born, and I will be with you." Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field, where his flock was, and said to them, "I see that your father's manner toward me is not as it has been in the past. But the God of my father has been with me. As you know, I have served your father with all my might; but your father has cheated me, changing my wages time and again. God, however, would not let him do me harm. If he said thus, 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks would drop speckled young; and if he said thus, 'The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks would drop streaked young. God has taken away your father's livestock and given it to me. "Once, at the mating time of the flocks, I had a dream in which I saw that the he-goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and mottled. And in the dream an angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' 'Here,' I answered. And he said, 'Note well that all the he-goats which are mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, and mottled; for I have noted all that Laban has been doing to you. I am the God of Beth-el, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now, arise and leave this land and return to your native land. ' Then Rachel and Leah answered him, saying, "Have we still a share in the inheritance of our father's house? Surely, he regards us as outsiders, now that he has sold us and has used up our purchase price. Truly, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, do just as God has told you." Thereupon Jacob put his children and wives on camels; and he drove off all his livestock and all the wealth that he had amassed, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

Meanwhile Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household idols. Jacob kept Laban the Aramean in the dark, not telling him that he was fleeing, and fled with all that he had. Soon he was across the Euphrates and heading toward the hill country of Gilead. On the third day, Laban was told that Jacob had fled. So he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days, catching up with him in the hill country of Gilead. But God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Beware of attempting anything with Jacob, good or bad." Laban overtook Jacob. Jacob had pitched his tent on the Height, and Laban with his kinsmen encamped in the hill country of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, "What did you mean by keeping me in the dark and carrying off my daughters like captives of the sword? Why did you flee in secrecy and mislead me and not tell me? I would have sent you off with festive music, with timbrel and lyre. You did not even let me kiss my sons and daughters good-by! It was a foolish thing for you to do. I have it in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father said to me last night, 'Beware of attempting anything with Jacob, good or bad.' Very well, you had to leave because you were longing for your father's house; but why did you steal my gods? Jacob answered Laban, saying, "I was afraid because I thought you would take your daughters from me by force. But anyone with whom you find your gods shall not remain alive! In the presence of our kinsmen, point out what I have of yours and take it." Jacob, of course, did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and Leah's tent and the tents of the two maidservants; but he did not find them. Leaving Leah's tent, he entered Rachel's tent. Rachel, meanwhile, had taken the idols and placed them in the camel cushion and sat on them; and Laban rummaged through the tent without finding them. For she said to her father, "Let not my lord take it amiss that I cannot rise before you, for the period of women is upon me." Thus he searched, but could not find the household idols. Now Jacob became incensed and took up his grievance with Laban. Jacob spoke up and said to Laban, "What is my crime, what is my guilt that you should pursue me? You rummaged through all my things; what have you found of all your household objects? Set it here, before my kinsmen and yours, and let them decide between us two. "These twenty years I have spent in your service, your ewes and she-goats never miscarried, nor did I feast on rams from your flock. That which was torn by beasts I never brought to you; I myself made good the loss; you exacted it of me, whether snatched by day or snatched by night. Often, scorching heat ravaged me by day and frost by night; and sleep fled from my eyes. Of the twenty years that I spent in your household, I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks; and you changed my wages time and again. Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God took notice of my plight and the toil of my hands, and He gave judgment last night." Then Laban spoke up and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks; all that you see is mine. Yet what can I do now about my daughters or the children they have borne? Come, then, let us make a pact, you and I, that there may be a witness between you and me." Thereupon Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." So they took stones and made a mound; and they partook of a meal there by the mound. Laban named it Yegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Gal-ed. And Laban declared, "This mound is a witness between you and me this day." That is why it was named Gal-ed; And [it was called] Mizpah, because he said, "May the Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of sight of each other. If you ill-treat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters--though no one else be about, remember, God Himself will be witness between you and me."

And Laban said to Jacob, "Here is this mound and here the pillar which I have set up between you and me: this mound shall be witness and this pillar shall be witness that I am not to cross to you past this mound, and that you are not to cross to me past this mound and this pillar, with hostile intent. May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor"--their ancestral deities--"judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Jacob then offered up a sacrifice on the Height, and invited his kinsmen to partake of the meal. After the meal, they spent the night on the Height. Early in the morning, Laban kissed his sons and daughters and bade them good-by; then Laban left on his journey homeward. Jacob went on his way, and angels of God encountered him. When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's camp." So he named that place Mahanaim. Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

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

From First Fruits of Zion, Thought for the Week

The Wrong Place: Jacob felt like he was in the wrong place and his years were being wasted. People often find themselves in jobs, careers, homes and even family arrangements that make them feel as if they are far outside of God's plan. The story of Jacob teaches us that God might place us in such situations specifically to bless us and work out His purposes. Jacob teaches us to be faithful wherever we find ourselves and to keep committing ourselves to the care of God. Jacob's term of service in Laban's household resulted in the birth of the nation of Israel.
Mission Updates: Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace, I have been praying that the snow and cold weather would hold off some but I just looked at the weather and Next week Thanksgiving week snow hits Wichita next Tuesday night and last through Friday of that week with temperatures below freezing of course. The overflow shelter that would take in the people we care for will not open till Dec. 1st. So we are planning to open to bring them in out of the cold from Monday till the overflow opens in about 12 days? This will cost extra in food and bills so we really badly need your prayers, also this week will be the last warm enough week to put up the awning. So I am praying that people will really consider donating at this time, in fact by doing this we may with a little news force the overflow into opening early. If you live in Wichita consider helping with meals during that time, eggs, donuts, etc. Mom will post I am sure later. But I said last year if I had a way I would take them in and I am praying that the ones last year that said they would help with this if I did it will come forward and do it this year! We need your help. Also this means we are desperate for coats, sleeping bags, stocking hats, and gloves! May the Yahweh's will be done.
We got some good news last week as one person says that now they are going to sponsor the radio program! This is good news as we can progress forward with that bill lifted off of us. Also we may have another that wants to sponsor radio and we will talk about it in a few weeks, so we will see how that will turn out. Also they may become a big supporter of this ministry, we will see. The heat is now working at the outreach in Wichita, how ever we have a toilet backed up and it costs $125 to have them come out and rotor rooter it. This has to be fixed on Monday. I was going over and work on it and some other things today but a donation I was counting on has not made it in yet. Remember the man who just got out of the hospital and has a disabled wife? They are staying out back of the outreach. There is no place for them, they are not their along anyway as others are staying their also. We really need to raise the $800 needed to build the awning to keep the rain off the people such as these staying there. I think that the prerecording problem can be solved easier than I thought. Does anyone know a company that sells headsets with ¼ plugs on them, meaning a dynamic mic? It would be headsets with two plugs one for mic and one for earphones? This is a major hurdle and what I do here in the office needs to be done in Wichita also as I need to be able to do programs from there also. I am in need of a computer to be fixed or a computer donated for the broadcasts…. I have a mixer Board on the way it was cheap but again I need one for Wichita also. If you are led please support this if you wish to see the ministry go forward. So I am praying some funds come in tomorrow to so I can get some much needed work done in Wichita. Oh yes we still need Turkeys and other foods for Thanksgiving…

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

Amos 5:18-21

Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Shalom In Yeshua Messiah,

Well today has been a very long day, Buba an I went to the Mission to meet some people who brought us a truck load of clothes. I didn't have time to stay and go through them but my donation closet is full to the ceiling and there is about five bags an four boxes in the children's room Amen!
Bootsie made thirteen dozen sandwiches Friday and I made hamburger-n-rice, green beans with onions-n- soy bits with buttered toast for dinner. We also had a double decker B-day cake for Buba (13) an Josiah (3). Tuesday I served out left over's and Bootsie made twelve dozen sandwiches some of which were served on tortillas. For dinner I made spaghetti, garlic toast and a yellow cake with white frosting.
The bills are getting paid I still have 715.32 left to pay for November and the Dec bills that are in total 408.17. I stocked the Mission today and bought most of what I will need for Thanksgiving dinner. I still need about seventy five dollars to get the rest. We have ten turkeys coming from a Torah Study group, We are smoking two, Ed -n Randa are smoking two and Sarina is baking one.
I'm guessing we will need about five more to feed both Thanksgiving and the following Friday. If I have extra I can guarantee they will be eaten so bring'm on.
It is very late and I an tired we have to leave early in the morning so Pastor Dan can go get blankets so I am saying goodnight. We pray you all have a blessed day next Thursday an that you will be served a nice dinner even though your not in a very good place. Stay in the LORD HE can make things a WHOLE LOT BETTER!!!!

Love ya 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"

 

God's Eviction Notice

Dear Champion of the Lord and the Preborn, The Lord richly bless you! In our last report, I mentioned a warning to be sent to San Francisco that I believe will have major ramifications for that city, our nation, and beyond. As most of you know, I've been on a forty day fast. Today is the 19th day. The purpose was to end the American holocaust (abortion) and usher in a heaven-sent revival. Little did we know that at the beginning of this consecrated time that the homosexuals in San Francisco would blaspheme the Lord in the most despicable manner. They held a mock Last Supper advertisement to promote their "gay pride" and perverted orgies in the streets of their city. They were dressed in sado-masochistic costumes and presented the sacred elements as sex toys. When I became aware of this debauchery, my heart just broke. I wept before God and cried out. I instinctively knew this could not pass nor stand. Something had to be done. I asked God for the message and for the method to warn that wicked city that they have crossed the line and are in deep trouble with the Almighty. 3 days later the Lord gave me the Word and the method. It is called God's Eviction Notice. Tomorrow morning this message will be sent to all major news outlets in America. The Lord has instructed me not to give interviews at this time. There will be an appointed time, but not now. This is between God, San Francisco, and by extension, America. They are not dealing with a man or a ministry, but God, Himself. We are also preparing hard copies of this Word to be sent to every major homosexual organization, all the political leadership of San Francisco, California, and America. Please cover our family in prayer as we prepare for the onslaught that will surely come our way. Not only as the Word goes out, but especially when God watches over it to perform it. IN KING JESUS' SERVICE, Rusty

God's Eviction Notice

An Open Letter to San Francisco and the Inhabitants Thereof:

"And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, (abortion) neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination (homosexual sodomy). Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants (Leviticus 18:21-25)."

The Lord God of heaven and earth, the Triune God of the Bible, God the Father, God the Son, (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit has a charge to bring against this wicked city and the inhabitants thereof. The cry of your sins have reached the heavens and defiled the land. Though God has witnessed your abominations, adulteries, perversions, and the shedding of innocent blood through the sin and crime of abortion for years, He has been longsuffering. This letter is to inform all who have ears to hear, His patience with these abominations has ceased. Your city has crossed the line and your wretched sins have touched the sacred. Thus God has weighed San Francisco in the balance and your city has been found wanting. Your many transgressions reveal not just the revelry of sexual immorality and lusting after strange flesh, but a God-mocking, God-hating spirit that is Anti-Christ to its core. For the most part, God's Church has failed to expose and condemn the evil of your doings. The state has also failed in its duty to punish the sins and crimes of abortion and homosexuality that your city and others like it parade like Sodom. Though man may fail in their duties and responsibilities, God cannot deny Himself. Therefore know for a surety that if you continue in these abominations, according to God's Word, you do so at your own peril. The tragedy of New York and the disaster of New Orleans are merely first fruits of the many woes that will devastate San Francisco and send shockwaves throughout California, America, and the world. God stands poised with his flaming sword ready to strike your city. He is prepared to exchange Sodom and Gomorrah with San Francisco to serve as a warning to all cities and nations of men "do not follow in their pernicious ways." Your city will be turned into a scarecrow and used by God as His enemy to warn future generations, lest you repent and turn from your wicked ways of child sacrifice, which is the shedding of innocent blood and homosexuality. You must stuff these abominations back in the closet of illegality and punish these criminal acts as God prescribes or your entire house (city) will collapse upon your wicked heads. With all diligence, take heed to this warning, repent or perish, Christ or chaos. For more assistance, consult 2 Chronicles 7:14

IN KING JESUS' SERVICE, Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas Elijah Ministries
P.O. Box 3126 Waco, TX 76707

Also READ Isaiah 29 KJV

 

Prison Weekly Chesvan 29, 5768

SHALOM

Torah is Tole'dot Genesis 25:19-28:9

Haftarah Malachi 1:1-2:7 & New Testament Romans 9:6-13

Next Weeks Torah is Vayetse"And He Went"Genesis 28:10-32:3

Haftarah Hosea 12:13-14:10 & New Testament John 1:43-51

This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord responded to his plea, and his wife Rebekah conceived. But the children struggled in her womb, and she said, "If so, why do I exist?" She went to inquire of the Lord, and the Lord answered her, "Two nations are in your womb, Two separate peoples shall issue from your body; One people shall be mightier than the other, And the older shall serve the younger." When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb. The first one emerged red, like a hairy mantle all over; so they named him Esau. Then his brother emerged, holding on to the heel of Esau; so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a mild man who stayed in camp. Isaac favored Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah favored Jacob. Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. And Esau said to Jacob, "Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am famished"—which is why he was named Edom. Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright." And Esau said, "I am at the point of death, so of what use is my birthright to me?" But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. Jacob then gave Esau bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank, and he rose and went away. Thus did Esau spurn the birthright.

There was a famine in the land—aside from the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham—and Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar. The Lord had appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land which I point out to you. Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; I will assign all these lands to you and to your heirs, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your heirs as numerous as the stars of heaven, and assign to your heirs all these lands, so that all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by your heirs--inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My commandments, My laws, and My teachings." So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say "my wife," thinking, "The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful." When some time had passed, Abimelech king of the Philistines, looking out of the window, saw Isaac fondling his wife Rebekah. Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is your wife! Why then did you say: 'She is my sister?"' Isaac said to him, "Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her." Abimelech said, "What have you done to us! One of the people might have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us." Abimelech then charged all the people, saying, "Anyone who molests this man or his wife shall be put to death."

Isaac sowed in that land and reaped a hundredfold the same year. The Lord blessed him and the man grew richer and richer until he was very wealthy: he acquired flocks and herds, and a large household, so that the Philistines envied him. And the Philistines stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with earth. And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you have become far too big for us." So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the wadi of Gerar, where he settled. Isaac dug anew the wells which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death; and he gave them the same names that his father had given them. But when Isaac's servants, digging in the wadi, found there a well of spring water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He named that well Esek, because they contended with him. And when they dug another well, they disputed over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. He moved from there and dug yet another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he called it Rehoboth, saying, "Now at last the Lord has granted us ample space to increase in the land." From there he went up to Beer-sheba. That night the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you and increase your offspring for the sake of My servant Abraham." So he built an altar there and invoked the Lord by name. Isaac pitched his tent there and his servants started digging a well. And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his councilor and Phicol chief of his troops. Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, seeing that you have been hostile to me and have driven me away from you?" And they said, "We now see plainly that the Lord has been with you, and we thought: Let there be a sworn treaty between our two parties, between you and us. Let us make a pact with you that you will not do us harm, just as we have not molested you but have always dealt kindly with you and sent you away in peace. From now on, be you blessed of the Lord!" Then he made for them a feast, and they ate and drank. Early in the morning, they exchanged oaths. Isaac then bade them farewell, and they departed from him in peace. That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water!" He named it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite; and they were a source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah. When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." He answered, "Here I am." And he said, "I am old now, and I do not know how soon I may die. Take your gear, your quiver and bow, and go out into the open and hunt me some game. Then prepare a dish for me such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my innermost blessing before I die." Rebekah had been listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau had gone out into the open to hunt game to bring home, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying, 'Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you, with the Lord's approval, before I die.' Now, my son, listen carefully as I instruct you. Go to the flock and fetch me two choice kids, and I will make of them a dish for your father, such as he likes. Then take it to your father to eat, in order that he may bless you before he dies." Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "But my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am smooth-skinned. If my father touches me, I shall appear to him as a trickster and bring upon myself a curse, not a blessing." But his mother said to him, "Your curse, my son, be upon me! Just do as I say and go fetch them for me." He got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a dish such as his father liked. Rebekah then took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there in the house, and had her younger son Jacob put them on; and she covered his hands and the hairless part of his neck with the skins of the kids. Then she put in the hands of her son Jacob the dish and the bread that she had prepared.

He went to his father and said, "Father." And he said, "Yes, which of my sons are you?" Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your first-born; I have done as you told me. Pray sit up and eat of my game, that you may give me your innermost blessing." Isaac said to his son, "How did you succeed so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the Lord your God granted me good fortune." Isaac said to Jacob, "Come closer that I may feel you, my son--whether you are really my son Esau or not." So Jacob drew close to his father Isaac, who felt him and wondered. "The voice is the voice of Jacob, yet the hands are the hands of Esau." He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; and so he blessed him. He asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" And when he said, "I am," he said, "Serve me and let me eat of my son's game that I may give you my innermost blessing." So he served him and he ate, and he brought him wine and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come close and kiss me, my son"; and he went up and kissed him. And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, "Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of the fields that the Lord has blessed. "May God give you Of the dew of heaven and the fat of the earth, Abundance of new grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, And nations bow to you; Be master over your brothers, And let your mother's sons bow to you. Cursed be they who curse you, Blessed they who bless you."

No sooner had Jacob left the presence of his father Isaac—after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob—than his brother Esau came back from his hunt. He too prepared a dish and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father sit up and eat of his son's game, so that you may give me your innermost blessing." His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I am your son, Esau, your first-born!" Isaac was seized with very violent trembling. "Who was it then," he demanded, "that hunted game and brought it to me? Moreover, I ate of it before you came, and I blessed him; now he must remain blessed!" When Esau heard his father's words, he burst into wild and bitter sobbing, and said to his father, "Bless me too, Father!" But he answered, "Your brother came with guile and took away your blessing." [Esau] said, "Was he, then, named Jacob that he might supplant me these two times? First he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing!" And he added, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?" Isaac answered, saying to Esau, "But I have made him master over you: I have given him all his brothers for servants, and sustained him with grain and wine. What, then, can I still do for you, my son?" And Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!" And Esau wept aloud. And his father Isaac answered, saying to him, "See, your abode shall enjoy the fat of the earth And the dew of heaven above. Yet by your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; But when you grow restive, You shall break his yoke from your neck."

Now Esau harbored a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing which his father had given him, and Esau said to himself, "Let but the mourning period of my father come, and I will kill my brother Jacob." When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, "Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you. Now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to Haran, to my brother Laban. Stay with him a while, until your brother's fury subsides--until your brother's anger against you subsides--and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will fetch you from there. Let me not lose you both in one day!" Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like these, from among the native women, what good will life be to me?" So Isaac sent for Jacob and blessed him. He instructed him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from among the Canaanite women. Up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and take a wife there from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother, May El Shaddai bless you, make you fertile and numerous, so that you become an assembly of peoples. May He grant the blessing of Abraham to you and your offspring, that you may possess the land where you are sojourning, which God assigned to Abraham." Then Isaac sent Jacob off, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, charging him, as he blessed him, "You shall not take a wife from among the Canaanite women," and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram, Esau realized that the Canaanite women displeased his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and took to wife, in addition to the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, sister of Nebaioth.

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

Mission Updates: Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace, The Homeless are curious if I am going to open as an overflow as it is below freezing and the cities overflow is not yet open. This happened last year and they almost did not open in fact did not till the snow flew. I still have people in need of stocking hats, blankets, coats, and gloves by this time I generally have 3 or more people sending us boxes of blankets, coats, hats, gloves, etc. But this year none of the people that do sent any, I am not upset with them just still in great need! I say I am in need because I feel what these people feel and they come to me as a last resort! So saints please keep this in prayer.I realize that part of all this is because the economy is unsure and the gas prices are so high! One saint donated a $1,000 or more a month and now he is having a low sales time so we get little or nothing from him. Again I am not upset with him but we more support. I have been praying about it and I strongly feel more radio will cure the problem. But we know where that's at we need funding to do that and it just has not came.

I am typing this in Wichita with a hooded sweater on and my ears are still cold, you see the heat has not been fixed and I was told it would not be until the week-end. So Friday night's Sabbath meeting will be chilly. M Boldea will be on radio with me next week talking about his new vision he has just had. I emailed him when I read it and he said that he always enjoyed doing radio with me. I like him very well also. We have a good guest on this week talking about the asleep church. It will be a great program. Well my toes are cold I have to go into the only heated room and get warm.

Oh yes radio air-time is almost due so please consider helping with that. I am praying that the Father will encourage someone out there to donate a large sum of $5000 or more so I can finish all the building work, get and awning, fix the studio, and breath easy though the next month as holiday month's donations fall. But I will keep working as long as I have gas to get here and I can walk……Oh yes someone was talking to me about the Wichita Food bank where the churches and others buy their food, they will not let us as we are not a 501c3, but the IRS tax code says a Church does not have to be a 501 as they are non Tax accessible. They are tax deductible, meaning people can claim a donation to us on their taxes we just cannot give recites only thank you notes. My thoughts are oh well the Father will provide as always. Oh yes keep our 91 van in your prayers as it badly needs a tune up, brakes, and a couple of tires as we put many miles on it and it needs some work before it get's colder, in fact work on the front stabilizer bar needs work.

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

Colossians 2:2-3,20-23

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Shalom in Yeshua our Messiah

Friday was a wonderful day although it was kinda chilly we made it through the day. The heater is suppose to be fixed this weekend so keep that in prayer as we would like to open at night to get the people in out of the cold. People are sleeping out doors and we need any type of item that will aide in keeping a person warm. Pray about helping every little bit ads up to a lot. I was able to get eleven boxes of cold medicine Tuesday when Sarina an I went shopping for decorations for Buba & Josiah's party tomorrow.

Tuesday I made biscuits and gravy while Bootsie made sandwiches. I served 24 plates and she made eight dozen sandwiches. Friday I can't remember but it normally is between eight to thirteen dozen depending on what else I have to serve. I made bean soup with hamburger-n-potatoes and special corn bread served with a double layer choc-yellow cake for dinner on Tuesday. Friday I made Shepard's pie an Ahava made toasted hamburger buns for dinner.

We have news that a Torah Study Group will be cooking and deboning ten turkeys for our Thanksgiving dinner. I have promise of five more after that making a total of fifteen but I still think I will need another five to seven. I'm not worried about having to much because we feed Friday also and we have been serving almost three times the dinners we served on Maple. Anyone wanting to make dishes or deserts Please contact me ASAP so I know what I will need to make myself (Everything HA HA). I would like to have some deserts made if at all possible cakes, pies, cobblers etc.....

The Oct Bills have all been paid and the November ones have all come in (I Hope). Right now I need $1181.08 for bills due in November an a few of them are now past due that were due the first week of the month. Then I have bills totaling $336.34 that are due the first week of December. I pretty much stocked the mission however we use three or four times more cups then we use to so by next week I will need to get another case of cups. Eggs we use so many eggs that if anyone wants to help with foods eggs would be a blessing. We go through twenty five to thirty dozen a week or more so help if you feel so lead to.

There are probley 1000 or more egg cartons that someone can have they just need to come by the Mission and pick them up. It would be nice to get rid of them I know someone will need them sooner or later. The newsletter will go out today so many of you will receive it by next Tuesday. Pray about supporting these works Yahweh may just be waiting on you to provide these needs.

We love you all and pray you a restful Sabbath Shabbat Shalom with Love from Messiah's Branch & the catlin family

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Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

Mark 9:23,10:27

"THE Truth will set you FREE"

Words of Wisdom

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. -Unknown

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
-David Viscott

I have accepted fear as part of life--specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says turn back.
-Erica Jong

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.
-Sir Thomas Browne

It is never too late to be what you might have been. -George Eliot

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel

 

 

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Prison weekly Cheshvan 22, 5768

This Weeks Torah Reading is Chayei Sarah "Life of Sarah" Genesis 23:1-25:18 

 Haftarah  I Kings 1:1-31  &  New Testament I Corinthians15: 50-57

Next weeks Torah is Tole'dot Genesis 25:19-28:9

 Haftarah Malachi 1:1-2:7 & New Testament Romans 9:6-13

Sarah's lifetime—the span of Sarah's life—came to one hundred and twenty-seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her. Then Abraham rose from beside his dead, and spoke to the Hittites, saying, "I am a resident alien among you; sell me a burial site among you, that I may remove my dead for burial." And the Hittites replied to Abraham, saying to him, "Hear us, my lord: you are the elect of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold his burial place from you for burying your dead." Thereupon Abraham bowed low to the people of the land, the Hittites, and he said to them, "If it is your wish that I remove my dead for burial, you must agree to intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Let him sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his land. Let him sell it to me, at the full price, for a burial site in your midst." Ephron was present among the Hittites; so Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, all who entered the gate of his town, saying, "No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and I give you the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead." Then Abraham bowed low before the people of the land, and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If only you would hear me out! Let me pay the price of the land; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there." And Ephron replied to Abraham, saying to him, "My lord, do hear me! A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead." Abraham accepted Ephron's terms. Abraham paid out to Ephron the money that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites—four hundred shekels of silver at the going merchants' rate. So Ephron's land in Machpelah, near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the confines of that field—passed to Abraham as his possession, in the presence of the Hittites, of all who entered the gate of his town.

And then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan. Thus the field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham, as a burial site. Abraham was now old, advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, "Put your hand under my thigh and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell, but will go to the land of my birth and get a wife for my son Isaac." And the servant said to him, "What if the woman does not consent to follow me to this land, shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?" Abraham answered him, "On no account must you take my son back there! The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, who promised me on oath, saying, 'I will assign this land to your offspring'—He will send His angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there. And if the woman does not consent to follow you, you shall then be clear of this oath to me; but do not take my son back there." So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him as bidden. Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and set out, taking with him all the bounty of his master; and he made his way to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor. He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city, at evening time, the time when women come out to draw water. And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham: Here I stand by the spring as the daughters of the townsmen come out to draw water; let the maiden to whom I say, 'Please, lower your jar that I may drink,' and who replies, 'Drink, and I will also water your camels'--let her be the one whom You have decreed for Your servant Isaac. Thereby shall I know that You have dealt graciously with my master."

He had scarcely finished speaking, when Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder. The maiden was very beautiful, a virgin whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up. The servant ran toward her and said, "Please, let me sip a little water from your jar." "Drink, my lord," she said, and she quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and let him drink. When she had let him drink his fill, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they finish drinking." Quickly emptying her jar into the trough, she ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels. The man, meanwhile, stood gazing at her, silently wondering whether the Lord had made his errand successful or not. When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing a half-shekel, and two gold bands for her arms, ten shekels in weight. "Pray tell me," he said, "whose daughter are you? Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." And she went on, "There is plenty of straw and feed at home, and also room to spend the night." The man bowed low in homage to the Lord. And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His steadfast faithfulness from my master. For I have been guided on my errand by the Lord, to the house of my master's kinsmen."

The maiden ran and told all this to her mother's household. Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man at the spring--when he saw the nose-ring and the bands on his sister's arms, and when he heard his sister Rebekah say, "Thus the man spoke to me." He went up to the man, who was still standing beside the camels at the spring. "Come in, O blessed of the Lord," he said, "why do you remain outside, when I have made ready the house and a place for the camels?" So the man entered the house, and the camels were unloaded. The camels were given straw and feed, and water was brought to bathe his feet and the feet of the men with him. But when food was set before him, he said, "I will not eat until I have told my tale." He said, "Speak, then." "I am Abraham's servant," he began. "The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich: He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and asses. And Sarah, my master's wife, bore my master a son in her old age, and he has assigned to him everything he owns. Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell; but you shall go to my father's house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.' And I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not follow me?' He replied to me, 'The Lord, whose ways I have followed, will send His angel with you and make your errand successful; and you will get a wife for my son from my kindred, from my father's house. Thus only shall you be freed from my adjuration: if, when you come to my kindred, they refuse you—only then shall you be freed from my adjuration.' "I came today to the spring, and I said: O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if You would indeed grant success to the errand on which I am engaged! As I stand by the spring of water, let the young woman who comes out to draw and to whom I say, 'Please, let me drink a little water from your jar,' and who answers, 'You may drink, and I will also draw for your camels'—let her be the wife whom the Lord has decreed for my master's son.' I had scarcely finished praying in my heart, when Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew. And I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.' She quickly lowered her jar and said, 'Drink, and I will also water your camels.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels. I inquired of her, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' And I put the ring on her nose and the bands on her arms. Then I bowed low in homage to the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right way to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son. And now, if you mean to treat my master with true kindness, tell me; and if not, tell me also, that I may turn right or left."

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The matter was decreed by the Lord; we cannot speak to you bad or good. Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be a wife to your master's son, as the Lord has spoken." When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed low to the ground before the Lord. The servant brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; and he gave presents to her brother and her mother. Then he and the men with him ate and drank, and they spent the night. When they arose next morning, he said, "Give me leave to go to my master." But her brother and her mother said, "Let the maiden remain with us some ten days; then you may go." He said to them, "Do not delay me, now that the Lord has made my errand successful. Give me leave that I may go to my master." And they said, "Let us call the girl and ask for her reply." They called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will." So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse along with Abraham's servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "O sister! May you grow Into thousands of myriads; May your offspring seize
The gates of their foes."  Then Rebekah and her maids arose, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went his way.  Isaac had just come back from the vicinity of Beer-lahai-roi, for he was settled in the region of the Negeb. And Isaac went out walking in the field toward evening and, looking up, he saw camels approaching. Raising her eyes, Rebekah saw Isaac. She alighted from the camel and said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" And the servant said, "That is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Isaac then brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he took Rebekah as his wife. Isaac loved her, and thus found comfort after his mother's death. Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim. The descendants of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. Abraham willed all that he owned to Isaac; but to Abraham's sons by concubines Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the East. This was the total span of Abraham's life: one hundred and seventy-five years. And Abraham breathed his last, dying at a good ripe age, old and contented; and he was gathered to his kin. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac settled near Beer-lahai-roi. This is the line of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the first-born of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedmah. These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names by their villages and by their encampments: twelve chieftains of as many tribes. These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his kin. They dwelt from Havilah, by Shur, which is close to Egypt, all the way to Asshur; they camped alongside all their kinsmen.

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

Mission Updates: Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace, Well as it is so close to the end of the month tomorrow we will be packed. There will be requests for shoes, coats, blankets, stocking hats, cold tablets, and guess what I have none of these! In Fact I have gas to go over and not gas to come home! I have $23 in pay pal and the main ministry account is empty and waiting $450 to pay the last of the bills that are in now. In fact the bills doubled this month as not all got paid last month. Yes it did cost us more to stay open during tabernacles. I have work needing to be done there at the church mission but since we opened donations dropped drastically. So this has left much work undone and it really is sad. Also the bills had doubled. You see I felt the Bills would go up but I had one person donating at least a $1,000 or more every month so I felt safe as he had kept this up for a very long time. He has good reasons why but it shows do not count on men but on the Father. We also had a couple of other big supporters stop for whatever reason, well one has finance problems, the others I just do not know about. This is why I know radio needs to increase, something I can do if I finish the studio but again no money for that. It is like this, before I started the radio program I knew that radio would help support the Wichita Mission. It did and greatly so. I now know that I need to prerecord radio but I cannot do this as the studio is not done. I miss out on many good guests you would love to hear from. Also I can get a good deal on doing a prerecorded broadcast to be played on satellite on Sundays, we are looking for sponsers for that. We have a large Audience. Studio can be finished for between  $500 to $1000 depending on if I can get a computer and a mixer board donated or not. So really we have nothing but faith as while people might donate for a while they come and go and so on. No I am not upset at anyone and feel greatly blessed when they do donate but it has taught me not to rely on anyone person but to rely on the Farther. Like the awaking more than a month ago home depot said they would help and it remains undone, I need $800 to finish it and the people get wet and cold in the mean time. In fact we do not have heat, the real-estate agent is talking to the owner, as it is his job to fix it. So prayerfully it will be warm enough once the people get inside and mom starts cooking. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I know we still need things for that. I really love that holiday and I know we will be serving more people than in the past more than likely double depending on the weather. If you wish to help let us know as we could use extra help that day. Oh yes I was wondering if you all would like me to do a weekly world news and mission up date on audio? How many would listen to it?  Also I am planning audio follow up programs to answer questions about the programs so let me know….Lift us up in prayer and help- if you can! Well tomorrow I will have Prophet Tom Deckard on with me, he emailed me saying he had some things to talk about. I was going to tell you as many are bugging me but I think I will just let you wait….Yuk Yuk. He is our most requested back guest ever when I talk to people they want to know what Prophet Tom has to say about this or that, I get it all the time, but really that is a GOOD thing to accept the Prophet as a Prophet. So join us tomorrow at 7 PM central or later on the podcast or archives.

 

Some money came the first of the week; we were able to pay a couple of bills and the gas for the van cost $70. It was a pretty good week but the cold setting in and the homeless are outside. It looks like the fellow I am buying the building from is going to pay for the heater as he is supposed to, let's keep that in prayer as I just do not trust him. He is sending someone to look at it tomorrow. The Insurance place never sent a us a bill for the church just the policy. Mom called them because they finally sent a letter demanding $898 the whole cost for a year and we are supposed to be on a payment plan. They said to keep it going for liability etc with all the people we have this is a must and part of the contract with the owner, we have to send them close to $453.50 by Monday! So what's new? Oh I also know I need $350 for the newsletter asap. Oh well it in the Lord's hands. I have almost a tank of gas so why worry right, just give it to the Father because it is beyond my control.  I want you radio fans to consider something please; So many love the guests we have on as I do right? You know they come on because it is real radio and not just a net broadcast. So that means air-time it costs money. It also costs in research, electric for the computer, phone calls, just to name a few. But we have quality guests. So if you are a radio fan or listen on the net really it does cost to produce these programs to keep you informed.And that is why I am reaching out to my radio fans to consider donating to radio on a regular basis, also I am praying that you would like to hear more guests than once a week and will consider sponsoring the Sunday program. Contact me if you wish to be a sponsor for a Sunday radio Program? Our how about to committing to being a sponsor for our program that is on the air already! You can even go to our web site and have pay pal bill you monthly etc so you do not have to remember. Also consider donating to getting the studio finished, when we do I have some good surprises. Anyway tune in tomorrow, remember more radio means more warnings and more help for the poor. Oh and one other thing, trouble is not coming open your eyes as it is already here! Just like birth pangs.  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

 

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 ¹³ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. ¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

 

Shalom In Yeshua Messiah

Wow what a week I just took all three grandsons home yesterday they spent a week with us. I was blessed an really enjoyed all the baby love I received all week. Little Hippie ( Vaugh age 4 ), Miah ( Jeremiah age 2 ) and Pouhki ( Blake age 11 weeks ) & Mannie (Elijah 6 our son) it was a very tiring week but I LOVED it.

 

 Bootsie stayed home with Pouhki poo-key both Tuesday and Friday so I made the sandwhiches. It's been such a week I can't honestly remember how many but PD bought twenty dozen eggs Tuesday and fourteen dozen Friday. I also made grill cheese both days and egg-n-bisquits. Tuesday I made sixteen bologna sandwiches and served twelve plates of left over spaghetti.

For dinner on Friday I made spaghetti because I had all my babies and I wanted to be sure they all ate. Oh yea I also got to love on our gran son Josiah age 2 but NOV 14 he will be 3 and on Nov 7  our son Joshua will be 13 so we will have a party for both of them on Friday the 9^th. With the spaghetti I made garlic toast and buttered greenbeans with diced onions. Tuesday I made some rice then mixed in garlic, tomatoes and seasoned beef, made buttered green beans with imitation bits and diced onions and buttered nine grain bread.

Please pray about supporting the work at the Mission if nothing else we need to help the poor and you may be a vessel Yahweh is awaiting to use to help with food, clothes, supplies, who knows Yeshua does so ask HIM today.

 

I managed to get all but three bills paid for OCT. one is $91.41, another is $39.92 and the other is $34.74. Then I have six in for Nov. two of them due by Monday totaling 781.43. The newsletter needs to go out Tuesday that cost is right at $350. I think it may be slightly over that but it's close. I need everything for Thanksgiving dinner that cost will be in the hundreds also I'm guessing at maybe twelve to fourteen turkeys this year alone. Pray about it see what happens gotta go I'm tired an tomorrow is another big day at the Mission. Keep us in your prayers and no gift is two small EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. Love ya goodnite sisterlinda

More on the Mission next update:

Love sisterlinda /family & Messiah's Branch

Mark 9:23, 10:27

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

 

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