An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
#proverbs 18:15

A soft heart and a hearing ear are symptoms of spiritual strength. Knowledge and learning are exercises for your spirit.

A wise man doesn't wait for knowledge to come to him. He goes out and gets it. The wise man's ears are open and his mouth is shut except to obtain knowledge and advice.

The law is the entire word, not just part of it. This is a photo of page 8 of the original Aramaic new testament in plain English with psalms & proverbs 8th edition without notes 2007 by glenn david bausher used with permission.

When we talk about "spiritual maturity," we usually think about how God's people grow spiritually as they learn the Bible and apply its truths to their lives. That's a familiar concept when we apply it to individuals, but does it apply to communities as well?

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When we talk about “spiritual maturity,” we usually think about how God’s people grow spiritually as they learn the Bible and apply its truths to their lives. That’s a familiar concept when we apply it to individuals, but does

Its amazing how Yah heals our hurts! I was sad and discouraged when i went to bed last night after less than positive social media interactions and a meeting that reminded me theres not much else i can do for my almost 18 year old. I have PTSD from many years of trauma from 91-01. I relive those events every night, even though i pray to avoid them. If i manage to get to sleep without thinking of them, they often manifest as night terrors. I do have healing from much of it, but i cant repress the memories. Yah blessing me with a fifth child brought a lot of that healing, but i feel i have failed her also, so the guilt comes back. I know unless i forgive myself, the Father will not forgive me either. He has shown me that i am forgiven in many ways, but just when i think ive gotten past it, a trigger sets me off again. Believe me, i am much better than i was in 2009! Its been almost 14 years since the Spirit came in to me like a warm rush of wind. I fear He will not contend with me much longer since i cant straighten out. My conscience eats at me regularly. I am trying to look forward to having quiet time to bury myself in the Word much deeper than i have in a long time. But the empty nest coming also empties my heart. I must trust Yah to look after her as He has always done. I thank Him for mending fences overnight to give me encouragement today! I must focus on today and enjoy the time i have now. Its all i have. My recent heart attack made that reality smack me in the face. I have unfinished business to attend to. It will keep me quite occupied for some time. I thank everyone here for being an ear, encouraging me with your daily posts and sharing the joys and sorrows in your lives so i can remove the focus from myself and place it on mightier things. The love of Yah is wonderous, mysterious, and fearsome. I thank each of you for keeping me one foot in front of the other and helping me listen for the Voice of Yah when all i hear is the daily droning in my head of what ive done wrong and the fear that i can never make it right. Blessings to you all! Shalom!

"Yea, and why judge ye not of yourselves what is right?"

Lk 12

Today's haftara is Isaiah 1. This is foundational to the faith once delivered. It shows how #yahweh communicates using metaphors and analogies and illustrates that salvation can be lost. This chapter is often taken out of context to say the #torah is disposable but the context is "iniquity in the assembly". Yahweh does not want people to keep His holy times while also sinning. Today, churches have embraced debauchery all over the world and are guilty of the same thing that Isaiah 1 is describing. How do we think that will end for those churches? #shabbatshalom

Great blessings bring great trials, but this is a good thing. Have faith in God's choices. Pick up your staff and stand your ground.

From Deuteronomy 1.

Deuteronomy 11:16, “Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them” The Hebrew word for deceived in this verse is also translated as entice, seduce, enlarge, persuade and flatter. The word is defined as spacious or wide open implying that if we are too open and too trusting of man we will be fooled. To prevent being tricked, we carefully compare what man is saying against what is written in the Bible. If there is a conflict trust the Bible, not the person.