Here are some #newtestament passages to study with #torah Parsha #reeh ("Behold", #deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), along with links to related commentary and videos: https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/03/24/parsha-re
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DEVOTIONAL
Selfish to Selfless
Our default setting is selfishness.
Don’t believe it? Try hanging out with a toddler for a day.
Toddlers want what they want, and they want it now. Toddlers will fight (and sometimes bite) to maintain dominion over their prized possessions. Toddlers have little concern for schedules, agendas, or perfectly white walls.
The good news about toddlers—and people in general—is that they have the capacity to change into selfless people as they grow. But, if toddlers aren’t lovingly redirected and taught how to consider others, that selfishness will continue.
So if we’re naturally self-centered humans, how do we train our minds not to default to selfishness?
The Bible encourages us to model our lives after Yeshua…
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Messiah Yeshua…”
Philippians 2:3-5 NIV
Yeshua didn’t leverage His authority for personal advantage—power, pleasure, control, or comfort—but took on the nature of a servant.
Yeshua spent His time investing in others.
Yeshua focused His attention on helping others.
Yeshua gave up His own life for others.
If you find yourself becoming self-obsessed, self-indulgent, or even a little self-righteous, consider asking Abba for His help.
Ask Him to help you see people the way He does.
Ask Him to use any knowledge you gain to love Him and serve others.
Ask Him to put opportunities in your path to lead others toward Him.
The Word of G-d, the Set Apart Spirit, and relationships with other believers are what refines our hearts. And with G-d’s help, we can change our tendency from living selfishly into living selflessly.
DEVOTIONAL
Selfish to Selfless
Our default setting is selfishness.
Don’t believe it? Try hanging out with a toddler for a day.
Toddlers want what they want, and they want it now. Toddlers will fight (and sometimes bite) to maintain dominion over their prized possessions. Toddlers have little concern for schedules, agendas, or perfectly white walls.
The good news about toddlers—and people in general—is that they have the capacity to change into selfless people as they grow. But, if toddlers aren’t lovingly redirected and taught how to consider others, that selfishness will continue.
So if we’re naturally self-centered humans, how do we train our minds not to default to selfishness?
The Bible encourages us to model our lives after Yeshua…
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Messiah Yeshua…”
Philippians 2:3-5 NIV
Yeshua didn’t leverage His authority for personal advantage—power, pleasure, control, or comfort—but took on the nature of a servant.
Yeshua spent His time investing in others.
Yeshua focused His attention on helping others.
Yeshua gave up His own life for others.
If you find yourself becoming self-obsessed, self-indulgent, or even a little self-righteous, consider asking Abba for His help.
Ask Him to help you see people the way He does.
Ask Him to use any knowledge you gain to love Him and serve others.
Ask Him to put opportunities in your path to lead others toward Him.
The Word of G-d, the Set Apart Spirit, and relationships with other believers are what refines our hearts. And with G-d’s help, we can change our tendency from living selfishly into living selflessly.
SMALL STRAWS THE TRUMPET VISION SOUNDS
The Trumpet by Bill Burns
Believe in Me, for I am with you and for you. I will help you and empower you. The enemy will surely come against you, but greater is My Spirit within you, says the Lord. 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Small Straws by Marsha Burns
You are entering a season of elevation when you can advance spiritually. You will be able to achieve greater heights, and you will see visions and receive revelation with precision and clarity. There will be a stirring in your soul of expectation and excitement that will confirm the establishment of the moving of the Spirit. Go with the flow. Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
We often accept things as true because so many people consider it to be true. Our feelings and our opinions will never turn fiction into fact if they conflict with the word of the Creator. Psalm 119:142, “Your goodness continues forever. And your teachings are true.”
But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble.
To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense, My God of mercy.
(Psa 59:16-17 NKJV)
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