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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