20 Av 5983 / 7 August 2023
Day 219 Readings
Torah 2nd Portion: Deuteronomy 12:11-28
18 No, you are to eat these in the presence of Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God will choose — you and your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levi who is your guest; and you are to rejoice before Adonai your God in everything you undertake to do. 19 As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi.
28 Obey and pay attention to everything I am ordering you to do, so that things will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, as you do what Adonai sees as good and right.
Bible Study Together
Numbers 35:1-34
33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no [c]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. 34 Therefore do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
365 Daily Kingdom Living
Devotional:
A Temple In Motion
In another metaphor, Paul reminds us that as believers we are living, breathing, moving-around-town temples in which God resides. John tells us we abide in Him and He in us (John 15:1-9). If we actually believed this in a dynamic way, how would it affect how we treat our bodies? I believe purity, cleanliness, integrity, proper diet and exercise would take on a whole new dimension.
Prayer: Lord in Heaven, how is it possible that you choose to somehow ‘live’ in and through me? It seems so remarkable that this body I see in the mirror is somehow your temple! Thank you for the privilege; help me to clean house. Make me a temple fit for you in every way possible. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Scripture:
Ezra 5
1 Then the prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of [a]Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Ezra 6
13 Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent. 14 So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the [e]command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. 16 Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this [f]house of God with joy.
1 Corinthians 3
13 But each one’s work will be shown for what it is; the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire — the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. 14 If the work someone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward; 15 if it is burned up, he will have to bear the loss: he will still escape with his life, but it will be like escaping through a fire.
16 Don’t you know that you people are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 So if anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you yourselves are that temple.
18 Let no one fool himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise (by this world’s standards), let him become “foolish,” so that he may become really wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is nonsense, as far as God is concerned; inasmuch as the Tanakh says, “He traps the wise in their own cleverness,”[a] 20 and again, “Adonai knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless.”[b] 21 So let no one boast about human beings, for all things are yours —
Psalms 29:1-11
A Psalm of David.
The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.
A Psalm of David.
29 Ascribe to the Lord, [a]sons of the mighty,Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory [b]due His name;Worship the Lord in holy attire.
3 The voice of the Lord is on the waters;The God of glory thunders,The Lord is over [c]many waters.4 The voice of the Lord is powerful,The voice of the Lord is majestic.5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;Yes, the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon in pieces.6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,And Sirion like a young wild ox.7 The voice of the Lord divides [d]flames of fire.8 The voice of the Lord [e]shakes the wilderness;The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birthAnd strips the forests bare;And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sat as King at the flood;Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.11 [f]The Lord will give strength to His people;[g]The Lord will bless His people with peace.
Proverbs 20:26-27
26 A wise king sifts out the wicked,And brings the threshing wheel over them.
27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the [a]inner depths of his heart.
Dear AVI,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!! Great are YOU O GOD and KING of the Universe! HOLY is YOUR Name Yahuwah Akbar! YOU are speaking to my Spirit O GOD as I am thinking about this Anniversary for the Church and the energy it requires for this to push through! I thought to myself, I don't have the energy, I don't want to excert so much effort for an organization only to be attacked by it. I am so traumatized by this evil world that keeps on hurting me. I pray O GOD that YOU heal me from all my fears, heal me O GOD have mercy on me. I do not want to be afraid, or worry, I want to trust YOU and keep on trusting YOU. I need YOU O GOD. Help me KING JESUS. I want to give YOU all my best efforts, please give me strength to do what it is YOU want me to do and bless the works of my hands O GOD. ABBA I cannot do these things without YOU. So help me ABBA, help me to live for YOU. I pray that our 1 bedroom Unit will finally be sold by Frankie, please bless our meeting this morning with his client. Let there be a good and smooth sale of transactions. I pray O GOD help us as a church, the dancers bring them all together O GOD to practice and to perfect the Church Celebration of YOUR faithfulness to WWCF. Please O GOD, let there be zest, let there be excitement, let YOUR presence be with us all. Please AVI, have mercy on us. Please AVI, take care of us, please AVI, take care of me, speak to me as YOU are doing today, I need to hear from YOU each day. I need to hear from YOU because YOUR words are food, my healing, the light to the path YOU have chosen for me. Please AVI, continue to bless Mosab and I ask that YOU encounter his best friend Gonen Ben Yitzak to work together for the good of his Nation, that YOU save Gonen in YESHUA and his family too and Mosab's parents SHeik Hassan, Sabha Abu Salem and all his siblings, please save everyone O GOD that I mention to YOU, please save, even Jose Gulfan, Ramon Tiu, Jeannie Rose Gulfan and Virginia Boca, and heal them all of them who are sick in their bodies Brother Benet Silario O GOD, bring healing. Bring deliverance to those who are held captive by the spirit of depresion fear and worry, please set me free from all this worries. I want to trust YOU for the pain that YOU give to my life. I want to trust YOU for all the pain YOU give to me. I ask that YOU take care of us O GOD... please ABBA, grant us YOUR grace always because we are in need of YOU. Have mercy on me in this evil and cruel world, I want to see YOUR goodness here LORD because YOU always prosper and bless YOUR children even though we go through many trials and trouble, we will always overcome because YOU have overcome O GOD! YOU have overcome!!! And so I take YOUR victory and I wear it on me! For YOU are my GOD and King, Sovereign and the Greatest of ALL! I love YOU AVI, I have no ONE else in heaven or earth but YOU! Please reward me to an Israeli experience this year O GOD after our church Anniversary. Please take care of all my dogs and let them all be healthy and strong. Please O GOD, bless the Doctor coming over to give a shot to my dogs... Please provide for our Client in Unit 6 so she can afford to pay for it and provide for her a good bank so that the Ordoyo can finally own that Home in Ezra. Please be glorified over everything I say and do, please come already LORD JESUS because I have no other husband but YOU. And I have been deeply wounded by this world but YOU are my healing O GOD, my great and wonderful healing. Yes YOU are! Thank YOU for the wonderful time I had with Gaw Arlene and Noli yesterday at lunch eating Mang Inasal my favorite and having to fellowship in our house for hours until 6pm. What a priceless gift YOU have given us to enjoy! Toda Raba O GOD for YOUR presence with us. Please be with me always pleaaaseeeeeeeee....
Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach Amen!