Pridon weekly for Sabbath Shevat 6, 5769

 

Ok let me just say that this weekly newsletter is for you. It is meant to give you some kind of contact with the outside world and to prayerfully draw you into a closer relationship with Father Yahweh. It is nothing personal it is meant to connect you to Yahweh and to give you some since of what we are doing at Messiah's Branch. I will not write any personal letters or confide any of my personal life with any of you. The reason I am writing this is there are a few of you who have written wanting me to come visit or do personal things for you. Pastor Dan has stomped his foot and told me to set the record straight.  If any of you are wanting more out of this than that then I will have to remove you from my mailing. We do love you and pray you will find peace in Yeshua.

SHALOM
The Hebrew month is Shevat these Parashs are for Sabbath Shevat 6, 5769
Parashs : Torah Bo "Come" Exodus 10:1-13:16                                                Haftarah Jeremiah 46:13-28 & Brit Hadasha Mark 4-5

Torah Parshas Bo "Come" Exodus 10:1-13:16 

A Jolt of -Oy Gevalt! And HASHEM hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not send out the Children of Israel. (Shemos 10:20) At first, "And Pharaoh's heart hardened" (Shemos 8:15) and in the end "And HASHEM hardened the heart of Pharaoh". Why is that so? That is according to what Reish Lakish says, "He who comes to contaminate is opened up for."…Once a person desires badness he is tripped up from heaven. (Pesikta Zuta) Why did HASHEM harden Pharaoh's heart? Doesn't that interfere with his free will? Now we know why HASHEM did so. Pharaoh hardened his own heart and therefore HASHEM hardened it for him. By giving up control and abusing his free will he was made to lose control and he was denied free will. It was really all a testimony to Pharaoh's terminal stubbornness. He was perhaps the biggest denier of HASHEM that ever walked the good earth. The Kotzker Rebbe ztl. sardonically said that the "free thinkers" of these days believe that they are authentic scoffers, but their actions don't always support their claim. They are really deceiving themselves and others. Whenever they are visited by the slightest of tragedies or illness they immediately run to pray and petition G-d. Pharaoh, on the other hand, was a real scoffer. Nine plagues had already landed on the heads of Egypt and each with a clear warning with precise detail as to how it would unfold being fulfilled. Still Pharaoh not only refused to yield but he resisted in believing. The Torah tells us, "And it was at midnight and HASHEM smote every first born in the Land of Egypt from the first born of Pharaoh that sits on the throne until the first born of the captive who was in the dungeon and all the first born animals. And Pharaoh got up that night (from his bed: Rashi) and all his servants and all of Egypt and there was a great outcry throughout all of the Land of Egypt and there was no house in which there was not there a death. He called to Moshe and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, go out from among my people, even you, even the Children of Israel; Go and serve HASHEM as you have spoken!""(Shemos 12:29-31) The Kotzker takes note that Pharaoh himself was a first born and he had heard directly all of Moshe's warnings for the first nine plagues and amazingly the verse testifies "and Pharaoh got up…" that means that he went to sleep as if nothing unusual would be happening that night. This demonstrates that he was a real scoffer. He saw the truth staring him in the face and yet he remained unaffected.

On the flip side the sages tell us, "One who comes to purify gets help!" As opposed to the one who seeks impurity who finds an open door, the one who truly desires holiness gets wind in his sails. Avraham Avinu after nine increasingly difficult tests is faced with the ultimate. He is asked to bring his son Yitzchok as a burnt offering. It was Yitzchok he waited for till one hundred years of age and in whom he had sewn wisdom for thirty-seven years. There too the Torah tells us, "And Avraham arose in the morning…" (Breishis 22:3) That implies also that he went to sleep the night before the fateful journey. That too is amazing! With increasing clarity and intensity he learned over the course of a lifetime to look truth in the face and embrace it. Therefore he accepted his destiny with perfect calm. Oddly, from the outside, the Baal Bitachon- the Master of Trusting G-d, and the bum can look hauntingly similar. Both are sleeping peacefully. What's the real difference? One goes to sleep comforted by truth while the other is sedated, in a fantasy- a bubble, at risk of being awakened by a jolt of -oy gevalt

 

This week's haftorah reflects the painful reality that people do not learn from the past and history will undoubtedly be repeated. The setting is the Babylonian destruction of the Egyptian Empire. The prophet Yirmiyahu states in the name of Hashem, "I will direct my attention to the multitudes of Alexandria and to Pharaoh and all of Egypt...I will deliver them into the hands of their killer, Nebuchadnezar, the King of Babylonia." (46: 25,26) The Radak explains that these passages refer to a massive massacre predicted for Egypt and her Pharaoh. Radak reminds us that the Egyptian people have a long history of hostility towards the Jewish nation. After an extended period of calm following her devastation at the Sea of Reeds, Egypt resumed her hostility towards her Jewish neighbors. It resurfaced during the reign of the Egyptian premier, Shishak, who invaded the Land of Israel shortly after the demise of Shlomo Hamelech. During this vulnerable Jewish era, Shishak forced his way into Israel and cleared out the treasury of the king. Our Chazal (quoted in Rashi's commentary to M'lochim I, 14-6) cite that Shishak even had the audacity of stealing the glorious throne of Shlomo Hamelech. Egypt continued her hostility towards Israel, and after receiving heavy sums from Israel in exchange for military protection, betrayed her Jewish "ally" and abandoned her. But Egypt's final crime came when Pharaoh N'cho executed the pious King Yoshiyahu because he refused to allow Pharaoh's army to enter Israel enroute to Assyria. Because of this full record, Hashem decided that the time had arrived to repay Egypt for all her cruelty. Although, in truth, she had previously received forty years of exile, apparently this was not sufficient treatment for her. This time, a massive massacre was being planned and an appropriate execution was awaiting her Pharaoh. With this, Hashem would remind Egypt of the very special relationship He maintained with the Jewish people. Hashem's historic lesson to the earlier Pharaoh was characterized in His opening statement that the Jews are "My son, My first-born" (Shmos4: 24). Through these words Hashem warned Egypt at the outset that her hostility toward His chosen nation would be repaid in full. And now, nearly a thousand years later, the time had come for Egypt to review this lesson. Egypt would soon be massacred in response to her cruelty and hostility towards Hashem's first born, the Jewish people. It is interesting to note the particular analogy Yirmiyahu uses when predicting the Babylonian army's invasion. He says "They cut down her forest, for the enemy could not be counted; they exceeded the locusts, beyond any imaginable limit." (46: 25, 26) Yirmiyahu compares the Babylonians to locusts invading the land in unimaginable proportions. In fact, he describes the totality of this massacre as even greater than the work of the locusts. This analogy seems to bring us back to the historic plague of locusts in this week's parsha. It suggests a corollary between the Egyptian plague in earlier times and the invasion of Egypt by the king Nebuchadnezar in later times.

The explanation of this may be gleaned from the insightful words of the Kli Yakar in this week's sedra. He notes the Torah's introduction to the plague of locusts and explains it through a shocking Egyptian phenomenon. The Torah introduces the plague and states, "I have hardened the hearts of Pharaoh and his servants in order to place My signs in his midst. And for you to tell your children and grandchildren how I played with Egypt."(Shmos 10: 1, 2) "Why," asks the Kli Yakar, "was this introduction chosen for the plague of locusts and not for any other plague?" He responds by citing the testimony of Rabbeinu Chananel regarding an indisputable fact about the land of Egypt. Rabbeinu Chananel testifies that there has never been a locust invasion in Egypt since the massive plague of locusts sent to her by Hashem. Nowadays, even when all surrounding countries are infested with locusts these devouring insects will not penetrate the Egyptian borders. And if they remotely filter into Egypt they never destroy the existing crop.
He explains that this miraculous phenomenon was meant to serve as an everlasting testimony about the plague of locusts. In response to Moshe Rabbeinu's plea for the removal of locusts the Torah states, "There did not remain one locust throughout the entire Egyptian border." (Shmos 10:19) Apparently, this passage became an everlasting statement and from that point and on locusts would never remain in the land of Egypt. This indisputable testimony reminds the world of Hashem's harsh response to Egypt for all the cruelty she showed His chosen people. The plague of locusts therefore deserves a special introduction stating the purpose for all the plagues, to tell of their occurrence to our children. Because, in fact, the plague of locusts and its everlasting testimony were to serve as the perfect vehicle through which to remember Hashem's revelations in Egypt.

We now appreciate the perfect analogy of Yirmiyahu regarding the Babylonian invasion. The prophet was hinting to the fact that Egypt's attitude towards the Jewish people could not be condoned. They, more than anyone, should have anticipated the consequences of their cruel actions. The total absence of locusts from Egypt should have been a constant reminder to them of their past experiences for mistreating the Jewish people. Obviously no one could claim that Egypt hadn't been fairly warned. However, typically, people do not learn their lesson and history must undoubtedly be repeated. If the historic plague of locusts was not a sufficient reminder for them, then the present Babylonian "locusts" would do the trick. Hashem therefore ordered a full scale massacre for Egypt to repeat their earlier experience. They would once again realize that the Jewish people are very dear to Hashem and hostility towards them is certainly not a welcomed policy. Eventually Hashem will protect His people and respond to all hostility in a most befitting fashion. Rosh Kollel of Kollel Toras Chaim of Kiryat Sefer, Israel

 

Next weeks Parsha's Torah B'Shalach "when he let go" Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah Judges 4:4-5:31 & Brit Hadasha John 6:22-40

Mission Updates:

Mark 9:23 Yeshua said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Matthew 6:25 ²⁵Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷ Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? ²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ³²(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 

 Today was a day of many mixed feelings, I will try and explain by giving you just a few of the statements given to me.... "I just had a miscarriage last night can you help with a prescription?"

 

"Can you help with my migraine meds?"

 

" I just got a food box Tuesday, I know I can only get one a week, but I have little ones at home?"

 

"I just got here from California, it was 70% there, do you have a hat and gloves"

 

"Do you have any night time cold meds?"

 

" Got anything for a upset stomach"

 

the list goes on and of course many prayers were given also. We really need donations for food and most everything, badly I need to raise $900 for bills a $100 for the food bank and at least another $300  for food boxes as well as pray in meat for dinners....we continue to serve many plates a day and generally 10 to 12 dozen egg sandwiches daily.  With out doing as Messiah says and dealing with today today them we would be overwhelmed!

Lift us in prayer and help if you can,  Have a great Sabbath, Pastor Dan Catlin

 

 Romans 1:17  ¹⁷For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. ¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Joshua 24:15 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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As the pastor looked at His family he again realized that just about 20 years ago a miracle happened and he met Messiah. In child-hood he had went forward and asked Jesus-Christ to be his Lord and savior at a summer bible school. He prayed to him all his life knowing that he was there even when he was the worst of the worst out-laws, then came that day when he looked into a mirror realizing that the person he saw was not the person he ever wanted to be. At that place in time he again prayed and cried, this time something was different, he seem more alive and awake that ever before. He realized that the Dream of becoming the ultimate out-law Biker was only a way to be a servant of the Devil and not a servant of Yahweh, his real Father….Yes a miracle…At that point he realized money and lifestyle meant nothing only the things of His Father mattered. Of course Satan did not give up that easy and tried to put the Pastor in jail for 25 years but the Pastor held onto his faith only asking of His Father that he be allowed to raise His family and all other time would be given to The Father's work…..The years were truly a test, following His Father's way in real truth and spirit put him very alone, you see he read his Bible and went from church to church seeking the people of the book. Outcast from the world and not fitting into the many churches he kept his word to the Father, the more obedient he became to the word the more blessed he was, not in money but blessed in a way only the real people of The Father know. Then that day came that the Father spoke to him and Said "You are my minister" the pastor remembered the promise given. With no money but faith the pastor got up out of his bed doctors had tried to place him and in and went forth to serve. Now almost 20 years later, he is still the brokest man on the block, but in heavenly terms he is rich beyond measure, having forsaken the devils ways he was given a family and even a ministry, yes a minsitry as he laugh's at how he told the Father to give him a broom and he would sweep up the kingdom of heaven..something he had heard another man of God say and he laughed at just how it worked....the ministry was now in it's 9th year of caring for the poor with no money....Yes the Pastor again looks at his family all gathered in the small house with wood stove warming everyone, laughing at the holes in the floor and yet thankful so thankful that he has a roof….and of course a wonderful family. Snapping back to reality the Pastor looks outside to the snow coming down and for a moment wonders where the money will come in the morning to care for the people The Father has entrusted him to care for will come from. Poor and the homeless that will count on his family the next day… but then he remembers that it is The Father's family and the Father's work, so for tomorrow there is no worry by faith all things come….with that another log is placed on the fire with tomorrow's troubles….. Be Blessed, Pastor Dan                           Lift us in prayer and help if you can......

 

Matthew 7:6-8 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. ⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Shalom In Yeshua Our Messiah , Well it looks like this year is off an run'n with the first month gone with the wind. I am so happy that we are now able to get meats from the food bank at 16 cents a pound. Many people are being blessed I made 43 food boxes last Tuesday, 28 last Friday and 38 this Tuesday. I mailed a check for 594.00 to the food bank yesterday an that pays off everything we owed. The meat will run right at 100 every Tuesday so I am limited on what other products I can get. Please pray about supporting this ministry we have so many new people with children coming for food. We can only do this with your support and Praise Yahweh you allow Him to use you to support these works. I just finished sorting out all the mail for the month and we still need 750.00 to pay everything due up to Feb 2nd. The newsletter is ready to go out and we need 385.00 to get it printed and in the mail to you. I have another 873.24 in bills due for Feb. that are in. Yahweh will provide will you be a vessel to supply the need.

Keep us in Prayer we love you all Shalom sisterlinda

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

The Presidential Prayer Council

The Presidential Prayer Council

I recently received an invitation to be a part of the leadership team
of the "Presidential Prayer Council", a worldwide interfaith movement
of offering prayers for the success of the new American President
Barack Obama. At first I was hesitant to join in this program of
prayer. As both an American citizen and an Israeli Jew I kept thinking
of all the warnings going back and forth on the internet about Obama
being bad for Israel and the Jews. But then I remembered that the true
King of the universe is our heavenly Father YHWH and without his
gracious providence no endeavor can succeed. I ask that all those who
care about Israel and the Jewish People join in the effort to pray for
President Obama and remember the words of the prophet Daniel, "Let the
name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power are His.
He changes times and seasons, Removes kings and installs kings; He
gives the wise their wisdom and knowledge to those who know." Daniel
2:20-21.

Below is an invitation from the "Presidential Prayer Council". Please
forward this invitation to all your contacts.

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel

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The 44th President - First 100 Days

The Presidential Prayer Council
100 Days of Prayer

You are invited to be a participant in the The Presidential Prayer
Council that began on January 21st 2009. We are asking for you to join
people around the world as they set aside 1 time every day to pray for
President Barack Obama. We are reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7:14 and
Psalm 91 as we pray during these first crucial 100 days of his
presidency. As you are led, please feel free to invite others to join
us in this powerful prayer movement.

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

 

Prisson Weekly Parashahs are for Sabbath Tevet 28, 5769

SHALOM
The Hebrew month is Tevet these Parashahs are for Sabbath Tevet 28, 5769
Parashahs are : Torah Readings are Va'era ( "And I appeared" ) Exodus 6:2- 9:35 Haftarah Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 and Brit Hadasha Romans 9:14-24

Next weeks Parashahs are Torah Bo "Come" Exodus 10:1-13:16                           Haftarah Jeremiah 46:13-28 & Brit Hadasha Mark 4-5

New Moon Yom Sheni (Monday) January 26, 2009 (Shevat 1, 5769)

God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai, but I did not make Myself known to them by My name YHVH. I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. I have now heard the moaning of the Israelites because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. Say, therefore, to the Israelite people: I am the Lord. I will free you from the labors of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and through extraordinary chastisements. And I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God. And you shall know that I, the Lord, am your God who freed you from the labors of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession, I the Lord." But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses, their spirits crushed by cruel bondage. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites depart from his land." But Moses appealed to the Lord, saying, "The Israelites would not listen to me; how then should Pharaoh heed me, a man of impeded speech!" So the Lord spoke to both Moses and Aaron in regard to the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, instructing them to deliver the Israelites from the land of Egypt.The following are the heads of their respective clans. The sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born: Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; those are the families of Reuben. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanite woman; those are the families of Simeon. These are the names of Levi's sons by their lineage: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the span of Levi's life was 137 years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the span of Kohath's life was 133 years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their lineage. Amram took to wife his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the span of Amram's life was 137 years. The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. Aaron took to wife Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Those are the families of the Korahites.

And Aaron's son Eleazar took to wife one of Putiel's daughters, and she bore him Phinehas. Those are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their families. It is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, "Bring forth the Israelites from the land of Egypt, troop by troop." It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to free the Israelites from the Egyptians; these are the same Moses and Aaron. For when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt...And the Lord said to Moses, "I am the Lord; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I will tell you," Moses appealed to the Lord, saying, "See, I am of impeded speech; how then should Pharaoh heed me!" The Lord replied to Moses, "See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet. You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh to let the Israelites depart from his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that I may multiply My signs and marvels in the land of Egypt. When Pharaoh does not heed you, I will lay My hand upon Egypt and deliver My ranks, My people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with extraordinary chastisements. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand over Egypt and bring out the Israelites from their midst." This Moses and Aaron did; as the Lord commanded them, so they did. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they made their demand on Pharaoh.The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, 'Produce your marvel,' you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh.' It shall turn into a serpent." So Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded:

Aaron cast down his rod in the presence of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and it turned into a serpent. Then Pharaoh, for his part, summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and the Egyptian magicians, in turn, did the same with their spells; each cast down his rod, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed their rods. Yet Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said. And the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is coming out to the water, and station yourself before him at the edge of the Nile, taking with you the rod that turned into a snake. And say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, "Let My people go that they may worship Me in the wilderness." But you have paid no heed until now. Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord." See, I shall strike the water in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood; and the fish in the Nile will die. The Nile will stink so that the Egyptians will find it impossible to drink the water of the Nile.'" And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Take your rod and hold out your arm over the waters of Egypt--its rivers, its canals, its ponds, all its bodies of water--that they may turn to blood; there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone." Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded: he lifted up the rod and struck the water in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and all the water in the Nile was turned into blood and the fish in the Nile died. The Nile stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.But when the Egyptian magicians did the same with their spells, Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he did not heed them--as the Lord had spoken. Pharaoh turned and went into his palace, paying no regard even to this. And all the Egyptians had to dig round about the Nile for drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the Nile. When seven days had passed after the Lord struck the Nile, the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go that they may worship Me. If you refuse to let them go, then I will plague your whole country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs, and they shall come up and enter your palace, your bedchamber and your bed, the houses of your courtiers and your people, and your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your courtiers.'" And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Hold out your arm with the rod over the rivers, the canals, and the ponds, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt." Aaron held out his arm over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. But the magicians did the same with their spells, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord." And Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have this triumph over me: for what time shall I plead in behalf of you and your courtiers and your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses, to remain only in the Nile?" "For tomorrow," he replied. And [Moses] said, "As you say--that you may know that there is none like the Lord our God." The frogs shall retreat from you and your courtiers and your people; they shall remain only in the Nile." Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the Lord in the matter of the frogs which He had inflicted upon Pharaoh. And the Lord did as Moses asked; the frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. And they piled them up in heaps, till the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he became stubborn and would not heed them, as the Lord had spoken. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Hold out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, and it shall turn to lice throughout the land of Egypt." And they did so. Aaron held out his arm with the rod and struck the dust of the earth, and vermin came upon man and beast; all the dust of the earth turned to lice throughout the land of Egypt. The magicians did the like with their spells to produce lice, but they could not. The vermin remained upon man and beast; and the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he would not heed them, as the Lord had spoken. And the Lord said to Moses, "Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go that they may worship Me. For if you do not let My people go, I will let loose swarms of insects against you and your courtiers and your people and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians, and the very ground they stand on, shall be filled with swarms of insects. But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I the Lord am in the midst of the land. And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.'" And the Lord did so. Heavy swarms of insects invaded Pharaoh's palace and the houses of his courtiers; throughout the country of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of insects.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and sacrifice to your God within the land." But Moses replied, "It would not be right to do this, for what we sacrifice to the Lord our God is untouchable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice that which is untouchable to the Egyptians before their very eyes, will they not stone us! So we must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He may command us." Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; but do not go very far. Plead, then, for me." And Moses said, "When I leave your presence, I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of insects depart tomorrow from Pharaoh and his courtiers and his people; but let not Pharaoh again act deceitfully, not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord." So Moses left Pharaoh's presence and pleaded with the Lord. And the Lord did as Moses asked: He removed the swarms of insects from Pharaoh, from his courtiers, and from his people; not one remained. But Pharaoh became stubborn this time also, and would not let the people go. The Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me. For if you refuse to let them go, and continue to hold them, then the hand of the Lord will strike your livestock in the fields--the horses, the asses, the camels, the cattle, and the sheep--with a very severe pestilence. But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites.
The Lord has fixed the time: tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.'" And the Lord did so the next day: all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the livestock of the Israelites not a beast died. When Pharaoh inquired, he found that not a head of the livestock of Israel had died; yet Pharaoh remained stubborn, and he would not let the people go. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Each of you take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. It shall become a fine dust all over the land of Egypt, and cause an inflammation breaking out in boils on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt." So they took soot of the kiln and appeared before Pharaoh; Moses threw it toward the sky, and it caused an inflammation breaking out in boils on man and beast. The magicians were unable to confront Moses because of the inflammation, for the inflammation afflicted the magicians as well as all the other Egyptians. But the Lord stiffened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not heed them, just as the Lord had told Moses. The Lord said to Moses, "Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me. For this time I will send all My plagues upon your person, and your courtiers, and your people, in order that you may know that there is none like Me in all the world. I could have stretched forth My hand and stricken you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been effaced from the earth. Nevertheless I have spared you for this purpose: in order to show you My power, and in order that My fame may resound throughout the world. Yet you continue to thwart My people, and do not let them go! This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Therefore, order your livestock and everything you have in the open brought under shelter; every man and beast that is found outside, not having been brought indoors, shall perish when the hail comes down upon them!'" Those among Pharaoh's courtiers who feared the Lord's word brought their slaves and livestock indoors to safety; but those who paid no regard to the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the open.

The Lord said to Moses, "Hold out your arm toward the sky that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast and all the grasses of the field in the land of Egypt." So Moses held out his rod toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire streamed down to the ground, as the Lord rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. The hail was very heavy--fire flashing in the midst of the hail--such as had not fallen on the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. Throughout the land of Egypt the hail struck down all that were in the open, both man and beast; the hail also struck down all the grasses of the field and shattered all the trees of the field. Only in the region of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail. Thereupon Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, "I stand guilty this time. The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. Plead with the Lord that there may be an end of God's thunder and of hail. I will let you go; you need stay no longer." Moses said to him, "As I go out of the city, I shall spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease and the hail will fall no more, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's. But I know that you and your courtiers do not yet fear the Lord God." Now the flax and barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud; but the wheat and the emmer were not hurt, for they ripen late. Leaving Pharaoh, Moses went outside the city and spread out his hands to the Lord: the thunder and the hail ceased, and no rain came pouring down upon the earth. But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he became stubborn and reverted to his guilty ways, as did his courtiers. So Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had foretold through Moses.

From Parshat VaEra. 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, More and more layoff in Wichita, 2000 I think they said for Cessna and about the same number for state of Ks employees being laid off. That does not count the lay off at Beech aircraft and Boeing. Today when I came back from the food bank there was not even standing room in the main room. I counted somewhere past fifty and we have 42 chairs. That does not include people standing around or sitting out side. Mom did 34 food boxes and made at 60 plates of food, that does not include the 6 dozen egg sandwiches, case of  Doritos and the five cakes.......and cases of vitamin water etc.... Consider that some people come and eat brunch and leave while others come for supper. I also gave out many socks, gloves, a few coats, Ibuprofen, cough drops, cough medication, toiletries, tooth paste, deodorant, etc...yes I ran out of much of this..
And this is not even the middle of the month! Please lift us in prayer and help if you can,
 I hate carrying change so I put all my change in this little box, I call it the poor box. When I have no other money I use it for bus rides and prescriptions. I used it more than once today as we had to open a special day as it was martin Luther Kings Birthday and everyone and about everything was closed. We had barely standing room, but the people got fed and some got Ibuprofen and other things. I did run out of tooth paste, deodorants, cough meds, but I never ran out of prayers.....We got some donations in which covered I find now about half the bill, mom spent $500 on food for food boxes etc. I did get a e-check but cannot cash it for a few days so in fact I barley have gas money. The Father has never failed us in 9 years and this is by faith, most people would wait at home till they had money to help others etc. We step out in faith knowing that the Lord Yeshua will put it on someone's heart to help....  So lift us in prayer and help if you can,
Be Blessed, PD
 

Psalm 16:8,9 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. James 4:6,7,8 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

ShalomIn Yeshua our Messiah

 

Praise the Lord HE is so TRUE and RIGHTEOUS

I managed to finally get us accepted into the food bank listed as a soup kitchen. This means I am now able to get meat and other bulk supplies just for feeding. I ordered meat that was picked up Tuesday and BOY what A BLESSING. I was able to make 42 food boxes of enough meat in them to make four or five meals or more. I joked as I made them that these are meat boxes instead of sweet boxes. I also got enough chicken breast that we are having them tomorrow for dinner. I have a case of merinaded turkey breast for a meal and two cases of fihtia chicken stripes for another meal. I need meat for meals this is all I have at the present time. The food bank bill is 508.something I have 400 of it and I need to order more meat for the boxes to pick up on Tuesday. I am in prayer of being able to order a pallet of meat, sweets amd bread every Tuesday so I can make the food boxes to last at least five days or more. I do not have a freezer only a walk in fridge but I will be able to put most if not all into food boxes on Tuesday then the rest in the boxes I make on Friday. Pray about supporting the poor many more are coming for food boxes. The word is making it around town and like my dinner plates there is NO other that make'm like I do. (Yahweh's leading me).

 

BILLS! need I say more, the bills for Feb are stating to come in and I still need about 900 to finish paying January's. The Mission needs napkins, sugar, salt , pepper, pasta's and a few other things so please pray about helping. We do not want anything that Yahweh doesn't want us to have all we ask is for you all to seek Him and be lead By Him to help us in these works.

Shalom sisterlinda

 

Although things are not perfect
Because of trials or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
E ven when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be

Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of 'Camp Complaining'
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship

To 'thank' is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times & bad, but...
Z ion waits in glory...where no one's ever sad.

 

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

 

wanted to share

Although things are not perfect
Because of trials or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
E ven when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be

Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of 'Camp Complaining'
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship

To 'thank' is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times & bad, but...
Z ion waits in glory...where no one's ever sad.

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly for Sabbath Tevet 21, 5769

SHALOM
The Hebrew month is Kislev these Parashahs are for Sabbath Tevet 21, 5769
Parashahs are Torah Sh'mot ("Names") Exodus 1:1-6:1
Haftarah Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 & Brit Hadasha Acts 7;17-29

Next weeks Parashahs are: Torah Readings are Va'era ( "And I appeared" ) Exodus 6:2- 9:35

Haftarah Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 and Brit Hadasha Romans 9:14-24

 

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. The total number of persons that were of Jacob's issue came to seventy, Joseph being already in Egypt. Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. But the Israelites were fertile and prolific; they multiplied and increased very greatly, so that the land was filled with them. A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, "Look, the Israelite people are much too numerous for us. Let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase; otherwise in the event of war they may join our enemies in fighting against us and rise from the ground." So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor; and they built garrison cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. But the more they were oppressed, the more they increased and spread out, so that the [Egyptians] came to dread the Israelites. The Egyptians ruthlessly imposed upon the Israelites the various labors that they made them perform. Ruthlessly they made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and with all sorts of tasks in the field. The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, "When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the birthstool: if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live." The midwives, fearing God, did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, letting the boys live?" The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women: they are vigorous. Before the midwife can come to them, they have given birth." And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and increased greatly.
And because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "Every boy that is born you shall throw into the Nile, but let every girl live." A certain man of the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a wicker basket for him and caulked it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child into it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. And his sister stationed herself at a distance, to learn what would befall him. The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile, while her maidens walked along the Nile. She spied the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to fetch it. When she opened it, she saw that it was a child, a boy crying. She took pity on it and said, "This must be a Hebrew child." Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get you a Hebrew nurse to suckle the child for you?" And Pharaoh's daughter answered, "Yes." So the girl went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed it. When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, who made him her son. She named him Moses, explaining, "I drew him out of the water." Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. He turned this way and that and, seeing no one about, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went out the next day, he found two Hebrews fighting; so he said to the offender, "Why do you strike your fellow?" He retorted, "Who made you chief and ruler over us?
Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was frightened, and thought: Then the matter is known! When Pharaoh learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses; but Moses fled from Pharaoh. He arrived in the land of Midian, and sat down beside a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock; but shepherds came and drove them off. Moses rose to their defense, and he watered their flock. When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?" They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock." He said to his daughters, "Where is he then? Why did you leave the man? Ask him in to break bread." Moses consented to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah as wife. She bore a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
A long time after that, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites were groaning under the bondage and cried out; and their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God. God heard their moaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them. Now Moses, tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, drove the flock into the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed. Moses said, "I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn't the bush burn up?" When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am." And He said, "Do not come closer. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. I am," He said, "the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. And the Lord continued, "I have marked well the plight of My people in Egypt and have heeded their outcry because of their taskmasters; yes, I am mindful of their sufferings. I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the region of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me; moreover, I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall free My people, the Israelites, from Egypt." But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?" And He said, "I will be with you; that shall be your sign that it was I who sent you. And when you have freed the people from Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." Moses said to God, "When I come to the Israelites and say to them 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" And God said to Moses, "Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh." He continued, "Thus shall you say to the Israelites, 'Ehyeh sent me to you.'" And God said further to Moses, "Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you:

This shall be My name forever, This My appellation for all eternity."Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: the Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said, 'I have taken note of you and of what is being done to you in Egypt, and I have declared: I will take you out of the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.' They will listen to you; then you shall go with the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, manifested Himself to us. Now therefore, let us go a distance of three days into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord our God.' Yet I know that the king of Egypt will let you go only because of a greater might. "So I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with various wonders which I will work upon them; after that he shall let you go. And I will dispose the Egyptians favorably toward this people, so that when you go, you will not go away empty-handed. Each woman shall borrow from her neighbor and the lodger in her house objects of silver and gold, and clothing, and you shall put these on your sons and daughters, thus stripping the Egyptians." But Moses spoke up and said, "What if they do not believe me and do not listen to me, but say: The Lord did not appear to you?" The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he replied, "A rod." He said, "Cast it on the ground." He cast it on the ground and it became a snake; and Moses recoiled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grasp it by the tail"--he put out his hand and seized it, and it became a rod in his hand--"that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, did appear to you." The Lord said to him further, "Put your hand into your bosom." He put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, his hand was encrusted with snowy scales! And He said, "Put your hand back into your bosom." He put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was again like the rest of his body. "And if they do not believe you or pay heed to the first sign, they will believe the second. And if they are not convinced by both these signs and still do not heed you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and it--the water that you take from the Nile--will turn to blood on the dry ground." But Moses said to the Lord, "Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." And the Lord said to him, "Who gives man speech? Who makes him dumb or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, and I will be with you as you speak and will instruct you what to say." But he said, "Please, O Lord, make someone else Your agent." The Lord became angry with Moses, and He said, "There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even now he is setting out to meet you, and he will be happy to see you. You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth--I will be with you and with him as you speak, and tell both of you what to do--and he shall speak for you to the people. Thus he shall serve as your spokesman, with you playing the role of God to him, and take with you this rod, with which you shall perform the signs."Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Let My people go that they may celebrate a festival for Me in the wilderness." But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should heed Him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go." They answered, "The God of the Hebrews has manifested Himself to us. Let us go, we pray, a distance of three days into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He strike us with pestilence or sword." But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you distract the people from their tasks? Get to your labors!" And Pharaoh continued, "The people of the land are already so numerous, and you would have them cease from their labors!" That same day Pharaoh charged the taskmasters and foremen of the people, saying, "You shall no longer provide the people with straw for making bricks as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. But impose upon them the same quota of bricks as they have been making heretofore; do not reduce it, for they are shirkers; that is why they cry, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God!' Let heavier work be laid upon the men; let them keep at it and not pay attention to deceitful promises."

So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you any straw. You must go and get the straw yourselves wherever you can find it; but there shall be no decrease whatever in your work." Then the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, "You must complete the same work assignment each day as when you had straw." And the foremen of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten. "Why," they were asked, "did you not complete the prescribed amount of bricks, either yesterday or today, as you did before?" Then the foremen of the Israelites came to Pharaoh and cried: "Why do you deal thus with your servants? No straw is issued to your servants, yet they demand of us: Make bricks! Thus your servants are being beaten, when the fault is with your own people." He replied, "You are shirkers, shirkers! That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.' Be off now to your work! No straw shall be issued to you, but you must produce your quota of bricks!" Now the foremen of the Israelites found themselves in trouble because of the order, "You must not reduce your daily quantity of bricks." As they left Pharaoh's presence, they came upon Moses and Aaron standing in their path, and they said to them, "May the Lord look upon you and punish you for making us loathsome to Pharaoh and his courtiers--putting a sword in their hands to slay us." Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, "O Lord, why did You bring harm upon this people? Why did You send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has dealt worse with this people; and still You have not delivered Your people."

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

Mission Updates:

 

Sometimes I find it easier to speak in a story manner, also I can then relate real events in a way as to reveal something without really naming people….I pray you like this and would be pleased if you let me know….

The Hard Man

Once again the hard man came into the mission church drunk, many, many times the pastor prayed for the man over and over for the man's converstion in fact the year before the man even lived next door to the church.

Thinking back the pastor remembered just how the man was a blessing and a curse, you see the man had put many hours into laying the church flooring and painting the ceiling so the mission church could get open. Once even putting and operation off so he could finish the ceiling, that time no was very sure he would make it through the operation.
In fact when he finally went the hernia below the man's heart could not be worked on because the anesthesiologist would not put him under for fear the hard man would not wake up.
When the man was sober he was not much trouble and was the first to offer help to the pastor he saw as his friend. Yes it was out of love of the pastor he helped over and over as the man said he was damned and could never be forgiven. He never wanted to listen to anything about Yahweh.
Over and over the pastor bailed him out of trouble even doing what had never been done before getting him called back from prison when he was violated wrongly. Even the prison guards told the old man as they let him out that they could never remember anyone being got out of prison by their pastor.
The hard man would get drunk and come in during the out reach time with much racial hatred, jealous anger over women, and many other reasons to fight. The hard man just could not understand why the preacher his friend could kick him out nor do all the things he did for people.
The summer the man lived next door it was an almost constant test for the pastor. Stopping him so many times from hurting people and when he was drunk always saying he was damned forever.....
Over and over the pastor prayed for the man never getting the chance to be allowed to talk to him about Yeshua.

Friday the hard man showed up again drunk but a little more behaved than normal the pastor noticed. Normally he would have to make him leave but today seemed different.
The newest woman the hard man was seeing came by to pick him up. As she picked him up she said to the pastor, I sure wish he would stop living in the past and live in the now. The pastor commented back; I have been trying but he just will not listen…

After he left the pastor brought the hard man up again to the Father during his ongoing all day conversation. Truly the only things keeping the hard man alive was prayers and stubbornness…
Finally after everyone was fed, food-boxes given out, rides given and numerous other things, it was finally time to have Sabbath service, some of the pastors family had to drive home early due to the fact his son could not see well as he had lost his glasses putting out a fire as part of the volunteer fire department. The pastor sent his son and family home as soon as he realized the problem his son was having. Better to drive the 60 miles now that later after 12 AM.
Some others were missing in action and mom was still trying to get things cleaned up so the pastor decided to play the praise and worship video they had just got, Jerusalem Arise. This was some of their most favorite music so the video would be a treat to all. Tired he put it in, after a song he decided to just play the whole thing as those there seemed to be connecting to the music. Normally 5 songs are done and the family join's in singing and with tambourines, bongo's etc, the word says make a joyful noise and that is indeed what they do make a noise…a joyful one. Tonight it would be the whole video a real treat.
As the music wore on mom came and lighted the Sabbath candles and joined in singing and dancing…..the pastor felt something and looked back behind him and noticed the hard man. He was hugging mom and that seemed different. The music was very emotional and in-fact the pastor was really crying during two songs. After the pastor looked at the hard man and the man said to the pastor: I want to get rid of my past I want to confess, dumfounded, the pastor started to tell him how he could be rid of all his crimes, now these crimes had been paid for with the state but never a confession to God.
The portable alter a padded bench about six foot long was already being pulled out by the pastor's son as it normally is before the Lord's Yeshua's supper. You see before the supper comes it is a time of repentance.
The Hard man got down with the pastor and said I do not know Him but I know you and trust you! So together they prayed and it just came out of the hard man, sins after sin, well you could say the hard man was never a liar or a thief but all else.
When they were done they got up and the hard man's face was all a glow and smiles, he said he was glad to be part of the family of God. Yes the Angels were rejoicing as well as the pastor…James 5:19
20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Luke 15:1010Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. So the pastor saw just as he had others who know that Messiah must be real by the actions of the pastor and his family, you see love given to all without condition is different than the world's idea of love. Helping others when you your self have to sacrifice in order to help others is indeed what it is all about.Romans 12:11I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Crying and rejoicing this night the pastor again realized that the hours or working, even begging for help for these poor people had again paid off not for the pastor but for the kingdom of Yahweh and the pastor was just so very happy to just be able to serve.
Lift the Mission Church up in prayer and help if you can.....
 
 

Romans 2:10-13

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.)

Shalom in Yeshua Messiah

I pray you are all staying warm and in His will amen. I paid a few more bills and Radio was paid, newsletters should of reached you by now. As I stated in the newsletter I am now working on getting the newsletter mailing list re-typed into a program and duplicates removed. Please let me know if you are recieving more than one issue. I had given the list out to someone that really messed it all up and there are several who have written about recieving more than one issue. However it would help me a great deal if you all could send me the duplicate labels specifying the address you would like kept on the list. Prayerfully by March it will be back in order and no more duplicates. Thanks for all your corroperation.

Also for all those who mailed boxes in December I failed to retrieve the addresses off the boxes so if you need a Thank you card Please send me the information on what you sent and I will get one out to you. I am making a few changes this year no more Thank you notes in your newsletters. I will be mailing a Thank you card the same day we recieve your gifts so this will be a great big help to me when newsletters go out.

I need right at 1000 to finish paying all of Januarary bills and the food bank Please pray about helping these works!

Yahweh WILL PROVIDE will you be a vessel of support?

LOVE YA Shalom til

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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" Y

 

PRAYER REQUESTS!

Shalom, Prayer Warriors,

 

May the Lord continue to bless you richly for your dedication and commitment to pray for others. Please remember me as I travel to share the message of the great things the Lord is doing in Israel.

 

Blessings,

 

Sarah

 

Here is an update of requests.

 

Elijah Seritt is in a childrenʼs hospital in Birmingham. He is ungoing chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer. He is 2. Attached is his picture. His mother is pregnant with a girl who has been name Dimitra. Please pray for a safe and healthy delivery for the baby.

 

  Pray for the family of Jane Beasley of Huntsville. She recently went to be with the Lord. She was another woman of God and ministered greatly for His Kingdom. I just found out today about her home-going.

 

An urgent request has been received from Pastor Eitan and Connie Shiskoff of Tents of Mercy in Haifa. Their granddaughter, Kidan (daughter of Avishalom and Hannah) is battling asthma and fever.

 

There have been several sporadic attacks in Israel from Lebanon and along the borders with Syria and Jordan.

 

Please continue to pray concerning the war in Gaza. Here is an updated list of the name of Believers in the Israeli military:

 

Jordan                          Avi                        David
Yair                             Even                      Natanel
Ghenya                        Daniel                    Carlos 
Netanel                        Shuki                     Yedida
Yenid                           Arieh                      Luciano
Yosi                             Ben                       Moshe
Ariel                            Greg                       Jonathan
Moshe                         Oleg                       Joshua
Yochai                         Yoav                       Lior
Yair                             Omer                       Eli
Max                            Vital                        Mark
Oleg                           Vladimir.                  Marot
Vova                           Aviv                        Valeri
Yonaton                      Alexei                       Mikha                           
Nathan                        Naor                        Rachel
Dennis                       Oleg                        Dani 
Ronit                          Shlomit                   Hannah

Others in non-combat positions

Tehila                       Rivka                        Lena 
Lilia                          Lydia                       Yakov           
Stas    

Reserve Soldiers      
 
Nigel                        Yoni                       Rami      
Judah                       Dima                      Stefan
Andrei                      Daniel                     Joel      
Daniel                      Judah

Still in training

Danny                       Kipp                          Artum            
Aaron                       Sergie                        Igor
Asaph 

 

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