The blessings of #deuteronomy 7-8 are national, not individual, but national blessings stem from individual blessings. The nation can't be blessed unless individuals are blessed. If you want God's blessings, encourage your nation to keep His commandments and keep them yourself!
Did you know that the Bible contains a list of ways to love your neighbor? They're called "commandments", but they are much more than that.
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https://www.americantorah.com/....2016/08/24/613-ways-
And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless YHWH your God for the good land he has given you.
Deuteronomy 8:10
Many Jews and Torah-observant believers in Yeshua (aka Jesus) give thanks after the meal instead of before, partly based on Deuteronomy 8:10. Eat, be satisfied, and bless Adonai.
How do we want to be remembered? If we'd like to be remembered by how we lived for God, then maybe we should ponder what it means to be a martyr.
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../08/24/aspiring-mart
How do we want to be remembered? If we'd like to be remembered by how we lived for God, then maybe we should ponder what it means to be a martyr.
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../08/24/aspiring-mart
Word Whiskey
How are we allowing ourselves to be outdone by booze?
If Irish Whiskey can be carried all over the world, without embellishment, alteration, or dilution, the Word of YHWH can aswell...Or it could have been possible anyway, once upon a time.
In the early days of The Way, we could have maintained a single controlling location for our "recipe", with checks and measurements to ensure the highest quality. We could have but we did not. Instead we foolishly handed out our recipe to everyone all over the world so they too could make what we make…and instead they made whatever they felt like making.
Some threw out our recipe entirely but still called it the same thing. Others added in their own ingredients. Others took out what they didn’t like. Others just watered it down.
And then all those other recipes came to replace the original.
If only we had maintained control when we could have. Alas for the past.
But it’s not too late for us today. Not on a personal level anyway. We still have the ability to restore the original recipe, to take the time to age it properly, to check the quality constantly, to guard The Way unchanging, and entrust the recipe and the process of making only to those who are willing to produce the same exact excellence.
Being “religious” doesn’t make you faithful to the Creator. It is possible to be religious for other things as well. Deuteronomy 11:16, “Be careful. Don’t be fooled. Don’t turn away and serve other gods. Don’t worship them.”
Shabbat Shalom
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Thought for Today: Shabbat August 23
True Moshiach followers shall not be going into darkness, Because YHVH is Light; they shall not be lonely, because Moshiach will be with them; it will not be unfamiliar country, for our Risen King will be there.
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