These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Proverbs 25:1 KJV
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Thought for Today: Friday May 26:
When some basic need is lacking – time, energy, money – consider yourself blessed. Your very lack is an opportunity to latch onto YHVH in unashamed dependence. When you begin a day with inadequate resources, you must concentrate your efforts on the present moment. This is where you are meant to live – in the present; It is the place where YHVH always awaits you. Awareness of your inadequacy is a rich blessing, training you to rely wholeheartedly on YHVH Elohiym. The truth is that self-efficiency is a myth perpetrated by pride and temporary success. Health and wealth can disappear instantly, as can life itself. Rejoice in your insufficiency, knowing that YHVH’s Power is made perfect in weakness.
Ill be posting my bible studies for folks to share. I hope you enjoy.
https://docs.google.com/docume....nt/d/1A7nnC5z5XIOG8n
I pray for a stronger anointing of the RUACH HA KODESH (HOLY SPIRIT) on your Shavuot. Happy Pentecost to everyone, from the Philippines to your family!
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Please check out our bulletin for Saturday and Sunday this weekend for Shabbat and Shavuot, plus a little extra good news for those in the know.
https://firstfruits.cc/blog/20....23/05/25/sabbath-pen
Shavuot is a bit of an oddball among God's feast days. It's not clear from the biblical text exactly what it's about, but there are some amazing parallels with the Exodus that give us some big clues.
Am I obeying YHVH 98% of the time?
Yahshua said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luk 9:62)
We have chosen to follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We have studied Torah to learn His ways. But is there something lacking? Did we, in our haste, leave off that 2%? Have we rationalized and made excuses to protect that 2%? Does the 2% even matter?
I think the 2% does matter to YHVH.
Achan only took a coat, some silver, and gold. What was that among all the treasures of Jericho? Probably less than 2%, yet it cost the lives of 36 men, and Achan and his family were stoned.
Lot’s wife only looked back at Sodom for a moment, surely not a long time, but as a result she turned into a pillar of salt.
Saul only offered one sacrifice when he shouldn’t have. That’s not a big deal. But it cost him the kingdom.
David only had one moment of passion, surely less than 2% of his life, but it cost him a child.
My fellow believers, the 2% matters! We must always be seeking to shed that last 2% and follow with our whole hearts. We cannot continue to say, “Look at all I’m doing right” while we hide the disobedience under the rug.
Do we eat kosher 98% of the time? But the other 2% is ingredients on the soup can that we choose to ignore.
Do we dress appropriately 98% of the time, except when it’s inconvenient or when no one will see us?
Do we keep the Feasts and Shabbat, but delay dealing with trickier commands like the niddah laws?
Do we talk about our obedience and the things we have learned and forget to help those around us? Have we forgotten the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith?
But that’s legalism! Just a question: What is the opposite of legalism? Logic would dictate that the opposite is illegalism. So the question is whether we are obeying (legalism) or not obeying (illegalism).The real question here is the heart. Are we busily occupied trying to take care of our 2% or are we demanding that everyone else deal with their 2%, while ignoring our own?
Torah is very clear on what is expected of us. Sometimes we don’t understand, and must lean on the Ruach HaKodesh. We have so much to learn and so much to put into practice. We obey our Heavenly Father because we love Him, just like a little child delights in pleasing their daddy. We are not saved by our works, but we work because we are saved. But let us not assume that we have arrived and are doing all we ought. We have put our hand to the plow. Let us not turn back from the plow, and let us not stand still looking at the plow. We must move forward, always seeking that 2%, that bit of obedience that is yet elusive. There is always room for us to grow closer to our Father.
If we are truly seeking to serve YHVH 100%, when would we possibly have time to judge others for their 2%? May we all grow closer to YHVH in this amazing Torah journey! (I’m off to try to deal with my own 2%.)
No human witnesses are available to accuse the woman suspected of adultery in Numbers 5, so God becomes her judge. This trial is what should have happened to the woman accused of adultery in John 8. They claim to have caught her in the act, but where is the man? Where is her husband, since she can't be guilty of adultery if she isn't married? #sotah #naso
Shavuot and Shabbat Times for South-East of England = Shavuot = 08;42 PM (GMT) on Thursday May 25. Shabbat = 08;43 PM (GMT) on Friday May 26 until 10;11 PM (GMT) on Saturday May 27.
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