This week's #torah reading is called Ki Tetzei (#deuteronomy 21:10-25:19), which means "when you go out". Here's a list of Apostolic passages to study alongside Parsha #kitetzei, with links to related commentary and videos: https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/03/23/parsha-ki
Shavua tov! This week's Torah portion is Ki Tetzei, which means "when you go forth."
In this week's Torah portion, you might want to notice all the verses that talk about having good friendships. Finding friends for our children is a difficult thing, and it's hard to see our children feeling isolated and lonely.
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together (Deuteronomy 22:10).
You might enjoy playing some games this week that illustrate how important it is to have good friends. You could have a three-legged race with your shortest child linked to the tallest person in your home. You could also tie your arm to someone else's and try eating a bowl of soup together.
Many people say good friendships and marriages are formed when "opposites attract." The Bible disagrees! The Torah says that we are not to plow with an ox and donkey yoked together. It says that we are not to plant a field with two different types of seed. It says that we aren't to make a garment out of two different types of linen and wool knit together. Each of these commandments illustrates an important principle about relationships.
In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul tells us that these Torah commands symbolize the important prohibition against partnering with unbelievers.
Do not be [yoked] together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Messiah with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God (2 Corinthians 6:14-16).
The world says that a person should marry whomever he or she falls in love with. This is a bad plan. Christians must not consider marriage to someone who is not a believer and follower of Yeshua, one who desires to be obedient to YHVH no matter what. To do so would be to be unevenly yoked. A true disciple of Yeshua should not even consider marrying a marginal believer.
Same thing with friendships, but this can be hard for children to understand. It helps to let your children know that you can sympathize with how they feel.
Work to cultivate a feeling of family unity and fun. Develop loving, close friendships within your own home. Finally, seek at all possible to find local fellowship from believers who are like-minded with your family.
Good Morning Tribe! ☀️
"He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The LORD (Yahuwah) shall hold them in derision.
Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
"Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion."
"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me,
'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You."
(Psa 2:4-7 NKJV)
On this date in history, 08/20/1847: Mexican forces under General Pedro Anaya are defeated at the Battle of Churubusco, near Mexico City, with heavy losses to both sides. #otd #tdih #mexicanamericanwar
All believers will say they love the Creator, the challenge is the way we express that love. There is no possible way for anyone to love the Almighty more than He loves us and that is why He gives us the guidelines in the Bible for how we should show our love. Joshua 22:5, “But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS
A healing prayer for someone suffering from Digestive Problems (including: colitis, stomach upsets, diarrhoea, diverticulitis, constipation, etc.)
References:
Psalm 34:17-19 --- Psalm 103:3 --- Proverbs 17:22 --- Jeremiah 30:17 --- 2 Corinthians 1:3 --- 2 Corinthians 2:14 --- 1 Peter 2:24 --- Hebrews 13:8 --- Mark 11:24 --- John 15:16
Healing Promise:
“The righteous cries out and Adonai hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. Adonai is near to those who have a broken heart and save such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Adonai delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:17-19)
Healing Prayer:
My Adonai and my YHVH, thank You for Your Word. I believe all its promises to me. It is so wonderful to know that when I cry out, You do hear me and deliver me out of all my troubles. Thank You for being near to me and for Your promises to deliver me from all illnesses, including the digestive problem I am now facing. In the full assurance those promises give to me, I ask you to heal me of the digestive problem of ..............., as I pray to You. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer my Adonai. Thank You for forgiving me all my sins and for healing all my diseases including this digestive disturbance. This realization makes my heart truly merry and this does me better than any medicine could ever do. Restore complete health and vitality to me Abba and heal me of all my effects of the problems I have experienced with my digestive system. Abba, help me to glorify You in my body. Guide me and show me if I need to adjust my diet or reduce any area of stress in order to allow my digestive system to heal and function properly. Blessed be Your Name my Adonai and my YHVH. You are my Abba and the Abba of our Adonai and Saviour Yeshua Moshiach. Thank You for being the Abba of mercies and the YHVH of all comfort and healing in my life. I thank You for enabling me to triumph through Yeshua Moshiach, for His stripes truly have brought healing to me. I believe that Yeshua Moshiach is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is the great Physician of my body and soul and I receive His healing touch in my body now as I pray. Thank You for blessing me with healing my Abba, my Adonai and my YHVH. In Yeshua’ mighty Name I pray, amen.
Don't use will-power (unless you want to exercise it, like "the quiet game") - when you want to actually do something, side-step will-power, work around it: call it "tricking yourself" or "distracting yourself", but avoid engaging the resistance; once the decision has been made, act without thinking, at least without thinking "whether": think about how, the very next step in doing it; once you've made the decision, let it happen to you, rather than trying to make the decision over and over, or trying to make it with "more force".
Once you begin doing, have the decision already fully made, and leave it decided: once the decision is fully made, leave it decided, and begin doing it.
"The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns" - instead of forcing through the hedge, don't go the way of the slothful: take another route, use the stile, use the gate. You don't overcome temptation by entering temptation, by mightily subjecting yourself to strong temptation, but by fleeing it: "Lead us not into temptation".
"Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." Pr 4
#sabbathposts 2023/08/19