Thought for Today: Shabbat December 04

Yeshua is the Truth; the One Who came to set you free. As Ruach HaKodesh controls your mind and actions more fully, you become free in Him. You are increasingly released to become the one Elohim created you to be. This is a work that He do in you as you yield to His Spirit. He can do His best handiwork when you sit in the stillness of His Presence, focusing your entire being on Him. Allow His thoughts to burst freely upon your consciousness, stimulating abundant life; He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. As you follow Him, He will lead you along paths of newness; ways you can never imagine. Don't worry about what is on the road ahead. He wants you to find your security in knowing Him, the One who died and rose again to set you free.

Part 19 --- YOURS IS THE REIGN --- Victory

The entire pattern of prayer closes with victory. “Yours is the Reign…” means victory. Victory is always a part of prayer. You can’t pray affectively unless you close with victory. Something else is involved in that statement: faith. When you say, “Adonai, You are YHVH Elohim,” your faith comes alive. Thine is means “Adonai You are. To You belongs all the glory! To You belongs the honour! To You belongs the majesty!” That’s faith.

Part 18 --- FROM THE WICKED ONE --- Resistance

In this revelation Yeshua was not only speaking about deliverance from evil but from the evil one. When Adonai says that we are to pray, deliver us from the wicked one, He is telling us to resist. It’s a prayer for strength to resist the devil. The Greek says evil one and Hebrews says the wicked one. Preserve us; keep us safe from the wicked one. And that’s a continual preservation. YHVH doesn’t come and go every day. He stays with you. He said, “I’m with you always.” When I pray preserve me from evil, I’m saying "Adonai, give me illumination so I’ll see when the enemy comes". When I pray preserve me, I’m saying keep my eyes open, keep me wise. Give me discernment, Adonai. When I say preserve me from the wicked one, deliver me from the wicked one, I also pray, Adonai, give me strength to resist him at all times. James 4:7 declares, “.... Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Here we see a prayer for resistance, deliver us from the wicked one Adonai. In prayer there must be a resistance, for how can you pray unless there is resistance against the will of the enemy? Deliverance from the wicked one also demands cooperation with YHVH. The Bible says in James 4: 7, “So then, subject yourself to Elohim... .” You cannot resist the devil until you’ve submitted to YHVH Elohim. Resistance is a part of prayer.

#readmethebiblegarth now includes a new reading of John 1-16 (and also includes John 18-21) in Greek with translation, and in the Lawful Literal Version, here: https://youtube.com/playlist?l....ist=PLvpqSEOjm625MyT

The John 7 Greek for 2022 recording includes a clarification of Yeshua's teaching to 'judge not', and to 'judge with a righteous judgement'. Listen to all that Yeshua is teaching, or you will take his words and misrepresent their meaning, and will be guilty before him and before God who sees all.

The John 8 LLV131 for 2022 recording includes a clarification of what Yeshua meant by 'he who is without sin, let him cast the first stone'. Please pay attention, because Yeshua was not meaning human rulers have no responsibility to condemn and punish sin.

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Shabbat Shalom

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Another heart-wrenching incident is in the name of religion as a manager of a leading industry (RAJCO) in #sialkot #pakistan was brutally beaten and later burnt to death by a violent mob over alleged #blasphemy.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1661728

 

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Sialkot mob lynches Sri Lankan factory manager, burns corpse over blasphemy allegations - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Sri Lankan foreign ministry calls upon Pakistani authorities to "take the required action to investigate and ensure justice".

I found this to be interesting. I did something that was a bit smellier. In a slightly colder situation. I had a canvas tent at about 10 degrees in the cold snow in the fall in Alaska. I strung up ropes from the top corner to top corner and bottom corners. I then used two wool blankets and placed them in the same a frame shape so to create an insulated wall separated from the canvas wall. Then I used a kerosene lamp on low and let it burn all night. It does work and uses little heat. In the future I will intend to make shelters as I have that has a raised platform with a small fire below that (not underneath but beside it) a lot like the Eskimos in their igloos. They would build their beds about a foot higher and place a lighted candle in the lower portion. Heat rises and so with that in mind consider your shelter options. Make the best one available. I was going to post a link to the kind of tent I used but am having difficulty finding the kind of tent. the link will follow when I can find a place that caries them.