Prison weekly Shabbat Tishrei 5, 5769

Shalom

The Hebrew month is Tishrei these Parashahs

are for Shabbat Tishrei 5, 5769

Parashahs Torah Va Yelech "And he went" Deuteronomy 31:1-30 Haftarah Hosea 14:2-10 & Brit Hadasha Joel 2:16-27

Next Weeks Parashahs are Torah Ha'azinu " Give ear" Deuteronomy 32:1-52

Haftarah Isaiah55:6-56:8 Brit Hadasha II Samuel 22:1-5

Dvar Torah - Yom Kippur

I was Wrong

With strategies make for yourself war and salvation is in an abundance of council. (Mishlei 14:6)

The Chovos HaLevavos tells about a victorious general returning from war. He was swept up in the parade celebrating his accomplishments and the masses were cheering him wildly. At one point a wise old man made a comment to the general as he passed, "Now that you've finished with the small war, get ready for the big war!" The general stopped and asked the elder, "What big war are you talking about? I've just conquered the known world!" To which the wise man answered, "The battle with your-self!" This war is not an imaginary or metaphorical thing. It is the real and big battle of our lives and for our lives that all of us must fight. I was once given the assignment of challenging a group of Hebrew Day School students to continue past 8th grade and to consider going to a Yeshiva High School. I told them that I could prove mathematically that there was such a thing as a Yetzer Hara. It piqued their interest but the burden of proof shifted to me. That year I was teaching also on Sundays in a Hebrew School for pre-Bar Mitzvah boys. I told them that predictably so that even the best kid in the class didn't come back the day after his Bar Mitzvah. Why should that be so? I offered an analogy of shooting warm up baskets on the floor of Madison Square Garden. There you are with the big boys draining three pointers, but the minute the clock starts and the game is on you'd be lucky to hold the ball for a second before it's stolen away. Those guys are playing warm up Judaism but when the game begins at age 13 an iron curtain descends and everyone not serious is immediately shut down.

Here's an important piece of inside information. I'm not usually interested in these number things, but there are enormous practical implications to this brief insight of the Talmud. "The numerical value the name HaSatan (the opposing force) is 364". The message is that this opposing force is active and effective 364 days of the year. Since the solar year is composed of 365 days then there is one day when the Yetzer Hara is asleep and that day is Yom Kippur. How can we maximize strategic use of this information? The Yetzer Hara from the beginning of time has crept into lives subtly at first until he has moved in altogether crushing our innocent selves into a corner. Maybe that's the desperate cry we shout with the Shofar's help on Rosh HaShana to reclaim our purity. The Yetzer Hara sits like a giant gorilla in our living room. For the day he's deep asleep let's plan. We'll back a big truck up and pack his things in organized boxes (ashamnu…bagadnu). We'll quickly load them and then schlep him onto the truck and drive'm off the edge of a cliff. Then we'll hurry home and lock the door and not allow the same foolishness to enter. Isn't that what happens on Yom Kippur?

I can prove anecdotally that this is true. One of the hardest things for most people to do is to admit that they were wrong. Therefore one Rabbi said the three most important words in marriage are not "I love you" but "I was wrong". How much ego filled effort in this world and how many wars are started because someone just can't get those three words out. It's a terrible Yetzer Hara. Yet on Yom Kippur Synagogues are packed with Jews of all stripes and allegiances. Why on that day? There's no wine and cake to be had. People pay a premium price for seats to stand a day long and say repeatedly, "I was wrong!"
DvarTorah, Copyright © 2007 by Rabbi Label Lam and Torah.org.
 
Mission Updates:Greetings, We were way over packed today as it is the end of the month, but before I go any further I need to answer a question, yes my family has it's own income in which I give over half to the Father's work and If I am not here I am working in the ministry at home, radio, news, praying for people, doing a mail out news letter, the list goes on rarely do I have any extra time outside of the ministry! Today I put the picture at the top of soap and deodorants etc. These will go out in a few minutes. These things just cost a dollar a piece try going without them. I just had a knock on the door for stomach medication, anti-acid, something's for pain, I will pass way more out than than. Just think what it's like not having these things, many people will be facing these in the near future I fear, I just pray that there is a ministry like ours to offer prayers, clothing, Bibles, etc for those in their cities. But watch the charities and churches will hurt first, and that will be the same place people run to. Today mom is just making sandwiches and sweets as it is Rosh, she made chicken salad yesterday for today.... Well I must go out of time... Please lift us in prayer and help if you can!
In His Perfect Peace, Pastor Dan

 

Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Shalom in Yeshua Messiah

I pray this finds you all well and in tune with Yahweh our Father. I managed to get most all of the October bills paid. I have the newsletter funding and it will go out today. I will pay off the food bank Tuesday however the foods for food boxes are very low. In September we made close to fourty food boxes I will let you know the exact number in my next update the last time I counted there were thirty eight and I made five last Tuesday so I will count today and let you know. I picked a walmart bag full of hot peppers last night and will can them today at the Mission. I also got a bucket of tomatoes and twelve small cucumbers. If it doesn't freeze and the weather stays cool then I should get another harvest before winter. Please pray for this ministry and seek Yeshua on what He would have you to do to Help. There are so many needs and the new faces seem to keep coming. We have begun seeing the faces of small children and babies again. The need for diapers is a great one an we could use diapers of all sizes. The clothes closet is near empty and we need coats and blankets to give the people.

Yahweh knows the needs and He needs you to fill them.

We love you all keep us in Prayer love sisterlinda & family

SPIRITUAL GILGAL - 2008 -by Clay Sikes.
What is really happening today spiritually? The depth of what we are seeing was unimaginable only a few years back. There is a tearing, a clear an obvious separation and exposure of flesh that is being purged from the Body of Christ individually and corporately.
God is preparing a true remnant; men and women who are dead, yet live only for His cause in the earth. The fires of affliction have been very hot, as God's true remnant church is reaching the final stage of preparation before being released into divine, power-filled,
God ordained destiny. The common thread running throughout this remnant company is their lack of being bound by tradition, and a true existence of living by faith. The dynamics of being on earth today are perhaps like no other time; as the world's system is falling apart at the seams and failing its many suitors; minister and ministries are being revealed for their true intentions, as true prophetic ministries (no-name nobodies) are finding their fit with those to whom they are called. Many big name prophetic ministries are being called into question as to their true discernment, monetary motive, and less than accurate prophetic words. Still, many in the Body are blinded by the blight of big ministries, big ministers, big meetings, and big money; yet, I believe God will use the prophetic ministry in a big way, but not through those who call and title themselves as such. There is a movement in the earth today that you will not see on 'God TV', read about on the Elijah List, nor see on what is commonly called Christian TV. This move of God is coming about in the hearts of men and women as God is directing us to truth and connecting us with others of like faith. A spiritual DNA is coursing the veins of those 'called together;' that recognize this is not in a geographical joining, but rather a joining in a deep abiding understanding of the times and hour in which we live. This is unlike any time in the earth as the wheat is surely being separated from the chaff, the sheep from the wolves, and the Kingdom from the world's system. With this understanding, think it not a strange thing to see the collapse of the real estate and financial markets, the exposure of the events of Lakeland, and the blatant separation between the 'sleeping church' and those who are awakening.

We are sitting in a spiritual Gilgal, awaiting our next command; and yes this circumcision is painful, but the journey we are about to take will make it all 'worth it.'
~Clay Sikes, Lighthouse Prophecy.
 
SCARS OF LIFE

Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida , a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator was swimming toward the shore. His father, working in the yard, saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter fear, he ran toward the water, yelling to his son as loudly as he could.

Hearing his voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his father. It was too late. Just as he reached his father, the alligator reached him.From the dock, the father grabbed his little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the father, but the father was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard his screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator. Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the vicious attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his father's fingernails dug into his flesh in his effort to hang on to the son he loved. The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy after the trauma, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, 'But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too.

I have them because my Dad wouldn't let go.'
You and I can identify with that little boy.

We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friend, are because God has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle, He's been there holding on to you.

The Scripture teaches that God loves you. You are a child of God. He wants to protect you and provide for you in every way. But sometimes we foolishly wade into dangerous situations, not knowing what lies ahead. The swimming hole of life is filled with peril - and we forget that the enemy is waiting to attack. That's when the tug-of-war begins - and if you have the scars of His love on your arms, be very, very grateful. He did not and will not ever let you go.
God has blessed you, so that you can be a blessing to others.

You just never know where a person is in his/her life and what they are going through. Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they got them.

Also, it is so important that we are not selfish, to receive the blessings of these messages, without passing them to someone else. Right now, someone needs to know that God loves them, and you love them, too - enough to not let them go .

 

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