The Shofar of #yomteruah (aka #roshhashanah) represents the voice of God. What does He say to you? "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

Yom Teruah is a good time to reflect on our failings and to reject them in favor of a more life-giving path.

Does anyone have any examples of what kind of shouts are performed on Yom Teruah?

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Isaiah 62:1-2

Prophecy often contains double entendres, and this passage is no exception. Righteous behavior is that which pleases God. It promotes a stronger nation, healthy families and communities, and happier, more fulfilled individual lives. Messiah #yeshua absolutely WILL restore righteousness of this kind in Israel. But from another angle, the righteousness in this passage is also speaking of Yeshua himself. HE is our righteousness, because all the good works in the universe would be insufficient to remove the guilt of our prior sins. Yeshua is the Righteousness, the Salvation, and the Glory of Israel!

I use a browser plugin called "Channel blocker" to remove entire channels from YouTube search results and video suggestions. There's so much garbage out there and YT is always recommending irrelevant channels, that this plugin has saved me a ton of time and aggravation!

I use this plugin to block every channel that I see promoting either the et cepher or the passion "bibles". Same goes for those promoting flat-earthism. Any teacher who has fallen for these basic lies can't be trusted. They might be fine, upstanding people, but they aren't qualified to be teachers.

Love YHWH your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Deuteronomy 30:20

Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 #nitzavim #torah

THE PURPOSES OF PRAYER – PART 2

4 – In Prayer, I Build the Kingdom for YHVH:

This is the most exciting thing about prayer. It's an act of co-operation with YHVH in the building of His Kingdom on earth. Prayer is YHVH's program; Prayer is YHVH's modus operandi; Prayer is YHVH saying: I have chosen to limit Myself to what I accomplish on earth simply by limiting Myself to the faith of My children on the earth. What they believe Me for, I will do. When we pray for other people, we are co-operating with YHVH. We are teaming up with YHVH to accomplish YHVH's work in the world. Probably the most amazing verse in the Bible is John 14:11-12: -- Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Or at least believe because of what you have seen Me do. The truth is, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. Who will do these things? Anyone who believes! Have you been doing what Yeshua has been doing? Have you been raising any dead people lately? Healed any sick? I think this is the hardest verse in the Bible to believe. He says, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works… I'd have to admit to you, if there is any verse in the Bible that I have a hard time believing, it's that verse. But I came to realize that raising the dead also means to bring the unbelievers (the dead) to Yeshua (to life) and healing the sick (sins) to help people sin less by showing them what it does! I don't see myself doing greater things than Yeshua. Do you see yourself doing greater miracles than Yeshua Moshiach? I doubt it. That's kind of a hard verse to believe, but Yeshua says it. Now, if we read the next two verses, I think it will begin to make sense: John 14:13-14: -- You can ask for anything in My Name, and I will do it, because the work of the Son brings glory to the Father. Yes, ask anything in My Name, and I will do it! How is it possible to do greater miracles than Yeshua? Simple, through prayer!

Prayer is not limited by time or by space. It is limitless in scope. When Yeshua Moshiach was here on earth, He voluntarily limited Himself by becoming a human. By YHVH coming in human form He said: I can only be at one place at one time. He was limited to do the miracles within the vicinity where He was. But prayer is not limited by time or space. Prayers are not limited by time -- The prayers of Yeshua Moshiach thousands of years ago are still being answered today. The prayers I pray today can be answered three weeks from today. Prayer is not limited by space – You can pray and it's like sending a missile. I could pray for somebody in America, England, Australia or Africa and it's like sending a missile directly to that person’s heart and I never leave England! People may reject your appeals, reject your arguments, reject you as a person, but they're totally defenceless against your prayers. They have no defence system; prayers go straight to the heart. Like a river, YHVH can change the course of history by prayers. He will use us, our prayers and our faith, to build His Kingdom. YHVH said in Isaiah 56:7 that His House -- …will be called a House of Prayer for all nations. And that is what we plan to be; a House of Prayer for all nations, all people groups, all colours, all walks of life and all will be welcome in this House of Prayer. My hope and prayer today, is that you not only realize the importance of this in your head, but that it moves into your heart and changes you. Do you understand and accept the fact that beginning this moment, you can begin to do greater works? If you do and your motives are pure, watch out, because YHVH’s going to start rock your house!

O Adonai Yeshua Moshiach, You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We pray You allow us never to stray from You, Who is the Way, nor distrust You, Who is the truth, nor rest in any one other thing than You, who is the life. Teach us, by Your Ruach Kodesh, what to believe and what to do, how to take our rest and how to pray. Give to us, O YHVH, the girdle, the helmet, the breastplate, the shield, the sandals, the sword and above all things, prayer. Grant to us the power and opportunity of well-doing, that before the day of our departure comes, our efforts may have produced good fruit. Allow us to behold Your presence in righteousness and be fulfilled with Your Glory, for Moshiach’s sake. Please bless each and everyone here on TTN, amen.

THE PURPOSES OF PRAYER – PART 1

If I told you that you were going to have the opportunity to talk with Yeshua Moshiach for 15 minutes today and you could make one request to Him, what would your request be? If you could ask Him anything, would you ask for protection, a new job, or money? What would you ask for? Once Yeshua’ disciples had this opportunity: Luke 11:1 -- tells us that they came to Yeshua one day and they had a request. Adonai, teach us to pray… Why, of all the things they could have asked, did they ask this question? I think it was because they saw the results of prayer in Yeshua’ life. They saw Him pray and they saw what happened. The disciples had watched Yeshua preach the greatest sermons ever, they had been there while he performed miracles, but never once did they say: Adonai, teach us to preach or Adonai, teach us to do miracles or Adonai, teach us to raise the dead. Instead, they said: Teach us how to pray. From watching the example of Yeshua, these men knew that prayer was the key to what they needed in life.

1 – In Prayer I declare My Dependence on YHVH:

When I pray, I am saying to YHVH: I need You. For some reason, many of us have a problem admitting this. Perhaps it’s a part of the world mindset, we value independence, hard work and making it on our own. While that can be a good thing, if you learn anything when you come to Yeshua Moshiach, it is that you don’t have the ability to make it spiritually on your own. The reason why a lot of people don't pray is because it costs! It costs honesty! [Adonai, I admit I am inadequate; I am helpless; I need Your help in this situation.] As long as you think you are self-sufficient, prayer can have no meaning for you. John 15:5-7: -- Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Anyone who parts from Me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But if you stay joined to Me and My Words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted. He says: If you really place your dependence in Me, you can ask whatever you will and I will give it. That is an unbelievable promise in prayer! We need to notice that the promise is for those who are dependent not only on Moshiach, but have His Words within them. This type of person is in touch with YHVH and His Will and prays accordingly. It's like a branch and vine, Yeshua said; the branch is connected to the vine, so if you cut the branch off, it loses all its strength. If you cut a believer off from YHVH, he withers. Years ago there was a TV documentary about deep-sea divers. They had recovered some gold from a sunken ship in the North Atlantic. They talked about how they let a diving bell down, 800 feet under the water. The only link between the people 800 feet below the water and those on the boat was the air hose. The hose was the lifeline, the support system, the connection between those above and those below. Prayer is our support system. You cut it off and you run out of spiritual air. Until we realize the depth of our need for YHVH, we can't pray.

2 – In Prayer, I Grow in my Relationship With YHVH:

When I first got out of high school, I had a boss named Jan. After working together for some time, the relationship I had with my boss began to change. While he remained the boss, he began to confide in me on a different level. We would spend time together outside of work and found we had a number of things in common. We moved from a boss / employee relationship to a friend / friend relationship. The more time you spend with YHVH you will find that the nature of your relationship will change. You will not become more saved, more attractive, or get you more stuff. But your relationship will change from that of Master / servant, to Master / friend. John 15:15-16: -- I no longer call you servants, because a master doesn’t confide in his servants. Now you are My friends, since I have told you everything the Father told Me. You didn’t choose Me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using My Name. Prior to this passage, Yeshua had been confiding in His disciples concerning His impending death. He had brought the relationship to a whole new level. He now was sharing with them as confidants, not as servants and He promised them something very interesting here. Notice that intimacy in prayer does not lead to the production of fruit; rather, the opposite is true; producing fruit leads to intimacy. I build my relationship with YHVH by becoming like Him through a life of righteousness and dedication to His Kingdom agenda. As I produce lasting fruit, YHVH Promises to grant what? Whatever we ask, as we ask it by the authority of Yeshua Moshiach. And what happens to our relationship? I live for YHVH, I pray to Him, He grants whatever I ask by the authority of Yeshua Moshiach, and I live for YHVH. It is a relationship based on friendship, understanding and mutual purpose. As I live for YHVH, I understand His will and our relationship grows. He speaks to me, not only through His Word and through Ruach HaKodesh, but through answering the requests I ask of Him. I think it is important to note that YHVH does not invite us to call Him [friend], but He feels free to address us in this way. Why is that? It is because YHVH is always YHVH; He is always the Creator, Sustainer, the Holy One… but through His Son He invites us to approach Him, not as servants, but as His friends. He remains the Master, but we move from servant to friend.

3 – In Prayer, I Ask and Receive From YHVH:

I once read a rather self-righteous sounding book about prayer where the author stated that we should never ask YHVH for anything, or if we had to, it should be at a minimum; he believed that the more mature a believer becomes, the less they will request from YHVH and the more they will spend their time just praising His Name. That is about the biggest bunch of nonsense I have ever heard. YHVH wants us to ask and receive from Him in prayer, in fact, the longer I’ve been a Torah Follower, the more I ask Him for, because I have learned to believe in His ability to a much greater extent than ever before. John 15:7: -- If you stay joined to Me and My words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted! John 15:16b: -- …the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using My Name. John 16:24: -- Ask, using My Name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. Luke 17:6: -- Even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May YHVH uproot you and throw you into the sea,’ and it would obey you! Mark 11:23 -24: -- I assure you that you can say to this mountain, ‘May YHVH lift you up and throw you into the sea,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that’s required is that you really believe and do not doubt in your heart. Listen to Me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you will have it.

What is He saying? He is saying that our power of faith is as unlimited as the power of YHVH! If I truly believe, I will receive! Do you believe that YHVH can use TTN to lead thousands of people to Yeshua Moshiach? Do you believe that you can impact your neighbourhood, your family, your workplace, for Yeshua Moshiach? Do you believe that YHVH has the power to fulfil your dreams? Then why aren’t you praying those kinds of prayers? There are a number of reasons that prayers aren’t answered, but the biggest problem we have is a lack of belief. When we read the New Testament and read about the early believers, it’s a mindblower. They were happy, joyful, contagious, and enthusiastic about life. They had power in their lives; they saw miracles happening on a regular basis. You ask a typical New Testament believer: How are you? and he would say: Business as usual, one miracle after another! We may ask: How come I don't have that kind of power? Because we don't ask at that level, the bigger your requests, the bigger your belief in YHVH. I get tired of asking YHVH to do things I can accomplish in my own power. I want to request things from YHVH that can’t be accomplished by anyone else. What are you lacking right now in your life simply because you've never asked YHVH for it? You've tried other things but you've never stopped to ask YHVH for it. What do you ask for? Ask for what you want. Psalm 37:4: -- Take delight in Adonai, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Desires: If you're delighting yourself in YHVH, you're trying the best, as you know how, to let YHVH's Ruach live in your life, your desires aren't going to be wrong. And YHVH promises that He will give you those things. Psalm 84:11: -- No good thing will Adonai withhold from those who do what is right. YHVH is not up in heaven holding all these things back and saying: You have to convince Me to give them to you! He says: Ask! When you ask, everybody gets blessed. YHVH gets blessed because it shows His nature as a Giver. You get blessed because you get the answer to your request. The world gets blessed because all of a sudden, you have a testimony. One thing about people who have answered prayers is they can't keep it to themselves; they have to share it. They start sharing with everybody and that's what YHVH wants.

First Fruits Ministries Presents "Fruits of the Spirit: Joy & Peace," the second part of a five-part Bible-study series about the fruit of the spirit. Join us at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, in person at the Quill at 131 Amory St. in Manchester, NH or on zoom via https://bit.ly/3bBx3cm (Password to join: "Yeshua").

The series is produced as part of the Bible-study ministry of First Fruits Ministries, an affiliate of Corner Fringe Ministries. Bible studies take place on the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. EST. Guests are invited to join us on zoom or in person at 131 Amory St. in Manchester. The ministry meets each Saturday at noon. Contact andrew@firstfruits.cc for more information.

Speaking about His disciples, Yeshua said “you shall know them by their fruit,” and Paul writes that “the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.” Dig-in with us for this five-part series to learn what these “fruits of the Spirit” actually look like and how to apply the lessons learned to our lives.

All five parts of the series will be available at: https://odysee.com/@FirstFruit....sMinistries:b/Fruits

First Fruits Ministries Presents "Fruits of the Spirit: Joy & Peace," the second part of a five-part Bible-study series about the fruit of the spirit. Join us at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, in person at the Quill at 131 Amory St. in Manchester, NH or on zoom via https://bit.ly/3bBx3cm (Password to join: "Yeshua").

The series is produced as part of the Bible-study ministry of First Fruits Ministries, an affiliate of Corner Fringe Ministries. Bible studies take place on the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. EST. Guests are invited to join us on zoom or in person at 131 Amory St. in Manchester. The ministry meets each Saturday at noon. Contact andrew@firstfruits.cc for more information.

Speaking about His disciples, Yeshua said “you shall know them by their fruit,” and Paul writes that “the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.” Dig-in with us for this five-part series to learn what these “fruits of the Spirit” actually look like and how to apply the lessons learned to our lives.

All five parts of the series will be available at: https://odysee.com/@FirstFruit....sMinistries:b/Fruits