SMALL STRAWS by MARSHA BURNS:
Leave the troubles of the past behind. There is nothing you can do about what has happened, but there is plenty you can do with what is ahead. Set your heart and mind to do all that I have for you. Settle yourself to move with the flow of My Spirit. I have gone before you to prepare the way.
Isaiah 40:4-5 Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.?

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In Judaism, peace—shalom—is rooted in the Hebrew word shalem, which means “whole” or “complete.” True shalom implies that diverse parties purposely set aside their differences and agree to see the good in one another, not just living alongside but am

Psalm 3;7, “Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.” Asking the Creator to hit someone might seem harsh, but if loosing a few teeth (because of an extreme divine intervention) causes someone to repent — is that too drastic to keep someone from a lake of fire?

Thought for Today: Thursday November 10:

May you become powerful in YHVH as you wait for a breakthrough. In this [not yet] season, may you learn the secret of abiding in Him. May you send your roots down into His marvellous Love, and instinctively trust that He has your absolute best in mind. May you be so acquainted with His Word and His Presence that you – right here, right now – plant seeds of faith for a future harvest. Instead of angst over your [not yet], may you embrace awe for reality of your faith, the substance of His Promises, and the surety that any day now you will have your breakthrough through Him.

Abraham bargained with God to save the region of Sodom and Gomorrah, but he humbly acquiesced to God's will in the end. On the other hand, Lot pleaded to save the residents of a single town, but he did it through guile and false humility. Lot was a righteous man in comparison to his contemporaries, but he should have spent more time with Abraham and less in futile attempts to save the Sodomites.
#genesis 19:18

Join Pastors Kraig Dorney and Mike Sutcliffe on Wednesday, November 9th at 5PM CST. This week on the Call to Action, we will continue to discuss the 5th Commandment and how to this beautiful command and promise to our lives.

#tencommandments #5thcommandment #danieljoseph #yeshua #messianic #jesuslovesyou #calltoaction #calltoarms

And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
Genesis 19:11

The Sodomites had been struck blind, but kept trying to assault Lot and his guests. Typical of people who are determined to act wickedly. They are driven by their demonic masters to destroy themselves in flailing against the intrepid power of YHWH and are seldom swayed by any reasoned argument.

This is one of the reasons we know that Good wins in the end. Evil always destroys itself in time.

The Sodomites hadn't shown any interest in abusing Lot's family before God came to judge them. When Lot offered to send his daughters out to them instead of his two guests, he shouldn't have been surprised when they declined. The object of their lust and wrath appeared to be directed at strangers rather than their own people. They were guilty of terrible sexual sins and idolatry, but the defining characteristic of their wickedness seems to have been hostility to strangers.
#genesis 18-19 #vayera