Numbers 6:22—26, “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: May Yehovah bless you and guard you. May Yehovah lift His eyes toward you and offer you an abundance of grace. May the light of Yehovah’s face shine brightly on you and remove all of the chaos that causes you unrest.”

Lily Portion for Today: Friday December 22

Praising YHVH Elohiym is the product of a rejoicing heart. The inmost being reacts to the goodness of YHVH and to the beauty of His Creation. (Prayer: My family and I praise You Adonai, with every breath and every fractions of our beings, we praise Your Holy Name, amein.)

Our community has a bad habit of developing a feel-sorry-for-myself-martydom complex. Where getting rejected becomes our identity that makes us feel righteous. Spuring us to look for the differences between us so that we can daily reestablish our martydom as the "only one who knows the truth". This is not of Yah.

Love your brothers and sisters in Messiah. Learn what's worth dividing over and what is good healthy debate/discussion. Embrace the opportunities to sharpen your iron with iron.

"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them: he it is that loveth me"

Jn 14

Thought for Today: Friday December 22

Laughter, tears, joys, fears... There is NOT a part of your life that YHVH Elohiym doesn't share -- or a part of you He does not love!

Prayer for a Child Making New Friends

References
1 Peter 4:7, 8 (AMP) / Proverbs 21:23 / 1 Corinthians 13:4, 5 / Proverbs 18:24 (AMP) / James 1:19 (AMP) / 1 Corinthians 3:6 / Daniel 1:9 (AMP)

Abba, I am asking You to supply me with good friends I can relate to, spend time with and enjoy as You intended. I desire to develop relationships that will be lasting and helpful to both me and my new friends. Abba, I will be sound-minded, self-restrained and alert – above all things, my purpose is to have intense and unfailing love for others, because I know love covers a multitude of sins – love forgives and disregards the offenses of others. I ask You to help me manage my behaviour and attitude so others will want to be around me. My purpose is to bridle my tongue and only speak words of kindness. I will not insist on having my own way, and I will not act unbecomingly. When someone is unkind and falsely accuses me, help me to maintain a cool spirit and to be slow to anger. I commit to plant seeds of love and I thank You for preparing hearts ahead of time to receive me as a friend and as a blessing to their lives. Abba, thank You for causing me to find favour, compassion and loving-kindness with others. Thank You Adonai for my new friends. In Yeshua Name I pray, amein.

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As they went away, #jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:7-9

#yeshua asked these rhetorical questions in order to build up the audience's expectations of what he would say about John, but I think his high praise of John must have still been quite a surprise to them. "Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist."

The contrast to what he said immediately afterward would have been even more startling: "Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."