Thought for Today: Sunday August 13:

Begin today, no matter how feeble the light, let it shine as best it may. The world may need just that quality of light which you have.

CONDEMNATION
A healing prayer to use when you are experiencing feelings of condemnation

References:
Romans 8:1-2, 4, 21 --- John 8:32 --- John 14:6 --- John 15:16, 26 --- John 16:13 --- John 17:17 --- 2 John 4 --- Revelation 12:10 --- James 4:7 --- 2 Corinthians 10:5 --- Galatians 5:1-2

Healing Promise:
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Yeshua Moshiach, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of life in Yeshua Moshiach has made me free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2)

Healing Prayer:
Heavenly Abba, thank You for making me free from the law of sin and death. Help me to fulfil Your will for my life by walking according to the Spirit, not according to my flesh. Because I am in Yeshua Moshiach, I know that all condemnation has been removed from me, for the Law of the Spirit of life in Yeshua Moshiach has made me free from the law of sin and death. Thank You Abba my Adonai and my YHVH. Your truth has made me free Abba. Thank You for Yeshua, Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life for me. Thank You for the Spirit of truth who guides me into all truth. Your Word is truth and I thank You for revealing to me the truth that I never need to feel condemned. From this time forward I will walk in the truth that I am free from condemnation forever. The liberty You have given me is glorious indeed. With Your help Abba, I will no longer believe the devil’s lies when he comes with his accusations, to try to make me feel condemnation. I will submit myself and my thoughts to You Abba and I will resist the devil and he will flee from me according to Your Word. I will cast down every condemning thought that comes my way and I will take such thoughts captive unto the obedience of Moshiach my Adonai. Thank You for enabling me to stand fast in the liberty by which Moshiach has made me free. I absolutely refuse to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage that condemnation has always brought to me. I am free indeed. Thank You my Abba. In the all-powerful Name of Yeshua I pray, amen.

"Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."

Eph 5

Welcome to Polygyny Advocates Jeff Crites !

What's something you would say is important for helping people understand the Christian view of multiple wives? ?

Quora: "Do you read the Old Testament?"

Yes, however I prefer not to call it the “Old Testament” but rather the “Hebrew Scriptures”.

I’ve attached a rough schematic - one can argue that 2Co 3 refers to the books of Moses as the “old testament”, however what the Old Testament is is just that: a testament, not a section of Scripture (and certainly not the Hebrew Scriptures taken as a section). Confusion on this has led to some of the worst heresies that exist.

Consider this warning:

“even as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given unto him wrote to you, as one that in all his Epistles speaketh of these things: among the which, some things are hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also other Scriptures unto their own destruction.” 2Pe 3

What learning and stability is the Apostle Peter referring to? Mathematics? General Science? No, he is clearly referring to understanding of the preceding Scriptures: the Hebrew Scriptures. Thus we are warned to have our foundation firmly seated in the Hebrew Scriptures before dealing presumptuously with Paul’s writings: there is a reason God gave us Moses and the Prophets first.

In brief, rejecting the Hebrew Scriptures to more easily twist the Greek Scriptures is like murdering the husband to more easily rape his wife.

#sabbathposts 2023/08/12

"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them: is he that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father"

Jn 14

Daily Prayer

Blessed are You Adonai our YHVH, Elohiym of Heaven and Earth. In You and in Your love heaven and earth are one. You have sent Your Son Yeshua, our Saviour, to lead us back into Your Kingdom. You have called us to work with You and have given us Ruach Kodesh. Blessed are You Abba my King, my Redeemer and my Comforter. Abba, we give You thanks and praise that we may share in Your Kingdom here on earth and that in Yeshua Moshiach we see our humanity and Your Divinity as one. We ask Your blessing on all disciples of Your Word, on all who proclaim Your presence by their actions and their love. We pray for all who are seekers and that we may know You better and love You more. We pray for all who are being prepared for baptism or confirmation and all who are seeking to commit their lives to You in love. We pray for peace on earth and among all people. We ask Your blessing on all who strive for justice and peace and for all who seek to bring unity and fellowship between cultures and nations. We give thanks that Yeshua was born into an earthly family and shared in our daily lives. May we know that our homes and loved ones are part of Your Kingdom. We ask Your blessing on every home where there is strive and division, deceit and distrust. We give thanks that nothing can separate us from Your love. We pray for and ask Your blessing on all who are ill, lonely or oppressed. We pray for those in hospitals, hospices or in care homes and for all who care for them. We bring before You all who despair, all who have lost hope or any vision of Your love. Loving YHVH, You invite us to delight in Your presence and to live in Your Kingdom. Adonai, keep us in life eternal. Take control of every aspect of our lives and let Your will be done in each of them. In Yeshua' Name we pray, amen.

1 John 5 is associated with this week's #torah portion. John tells us that we only know God if we know His Son and that this proof is in keeping the commandments. We are told to guard ourselves from idols. Keeping Torah and abhorring idolatry is the same message given to Israel in Deuteronomy. Praise #yahweh that we have the further revelation of His Son, #yeshua the Messiah!