13 Elul 5783 / August 30, 2023
Day 242 Readings
Torah: Ki Tavo, 4th Portion Devarim (Deuteronomy) 27:1-10
1 Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. 2 And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime. 3 You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you.
9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”
Bible Study Together
Proverbs 25:1-28
1 These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of goldIn settings of silver.12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine goldIs a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
13 Like the cold of snow in time of harvestIs a faithful messenger to those who send him,For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is likea city broken down, without walls.
BST: As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English: Like a city breach without a wall, so is an impatient man.
Majority Standard Bible: Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Romans 12
1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this [c]world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may [d]prove what the will of God is, that which is good and [e]acceptable and perfect.
3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many parts in one body and all [f]the body’s parts do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another. 6 However, since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to use them properly: if prophecy, [g]in proportion to one’s faith;
16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be [r]haughty in mind, but [s]associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17 Never repay evil for evil to anyone. [t]Respect what is right in the sight of all people. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but [u]leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
365 Daily Kingdom Living
Love Is Practical
Just as James reminds us that faith without works (action) is dead, so John tells us love without action is just as worthless. He gives us two hugely different examples: Christ laying down his life for us, and simply giving what we have to someone in need. In both cases, the love is expressed not in a few pious words or emotional passion, but in meeting tangible felt-needs.
Prayer: Father God, help me to love today as you have loved me. Show me opportunities to share your blessings and open doors for me to aid and assist others. Don’t let me pass up chances to demonstrate your love for people created in your image. Forgive me for the times I’ve missed those opportunities in the past. I ask these things in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Scriptures
Job 34
28 So that theycaused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For Hehears the cry of the afflicted.
29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hidesHisface, who then can see Him,
Whetherit isagainst a nation or a man alone?—
30 That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
Job 35
9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
11 Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Job 36
30 Behold, He spreads His[i]lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
31 For by them Hejudges peoples; Hegives food in abundance.
32 He coversHishands with the[j]lightning, Andcommands it to strike the target.
33 Itsthundering voice declares[k]His presence; The livestock also, concerning what is coming up.
2 Corinthians 4
Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in you.
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Seeing the Invisible
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Psalms 44:1-8
Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor
To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told us,The deeds You did in their days,In days of old:2 You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand,But them You planted;You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them;But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.
4 You are my King, [c]O God;[d]Command victories for Jacob.5 Through You we will push down our enemies;Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.6 For I will not trust in my bow,Nor shall my sword save me.7 But You have saved us from our enemies,And have put to shame those who hated us.8 In God we boast all day long,And praise Your name forever. Selah
Proverbs 22:10-12
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
11 He who loves purity of heart And has grace on his lips, The king will be his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
Dear AVI,
Baruk ATA Elohim Adonai Melek Ha Olam!!! King of the Universe, My GOD and Savior, I cling to YOU for YOU are my life and there is no ONE like YOU who loves me and have what is best for me. O LORD, do not allow me to want something that is not YOUR will for my life. O LORD, I gave YOU my heart, please do with it as YOU please and lead it to what YOU want for my life because my emotions are strong and it deceives me all the time, but I pray YOU bless my heart O GOD and use it to bring me to YOUR Perfect will. I desired Mosab Hassan Yousef and I bled for him through giving to who I sincerely thought was him. I pray O GOD help me to navigate through my life, I am so sad and anxious and worried I hate it! Because it is simply against YOUR will for me to be anxious or worried. But the cares of this life has drowned out my faith when my own family fought against me. Help me Adonai to understand what happened and make things right for me. LORD, YOU are coming very soon and I believe it with all my heart, please help me to finish strong and to be fruitful, multiply, to take dominion and rule over the earth because this is YOUR command. Help me AVI, I cannot do it without YOU, if YOU are sending me, so send me and do not let me look back anymore because anyone who looks back is not worthy to follow YOU. Luke 9:62 AMP
But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”
So help me GOD do whatever YOU have called me to do, because I feel I am not fit to be in the business for YOU have already been calling me and have prophecied since I was a young girl how YOU are taking me out of my own home to be a witness to YOU and work for YOUR Kingdom. YOU have already been calling me O GOD and I want to live my life fully for YOU. I have been waiting for YOU to send me but No one or no opportunity has come yet. I was already so comfortable in my own home and surroundings when YOU started to use me here but lately since April this year, YOU have broken me inside the four walls of my security and it was my own family and father that YOU used to bring pain to me that until today I have not recovered from it. I am changed by it and I can no longer be the same. I want YOU to keep me pure and holy, please do not allow my own family to defile me because YOU have made me pure already O GOD, I am pure and YOU can make me pure again because YOU are always purifying YOUR children so that we can be used by YOU. O GOD Almighty, heal me, speak to me, I still feel bad but I pray that YOU enable me to fast 3 days starting today, enable me to be without hunger, to not feel any weakness, so that I can be sharp in my mind and YOU can speak to my Spirit. O LORD, I want to be obedient to YOU so please take good care of me. I trust YOU to fix me, to heal me and raise me up once again for YOUR pleasure and glory, for YOUR works and acts of service. Please O GOD let this pain bring glory and honor to YOU and take away all my anxious thoughts and fears, remove them from me in JESUS Name! O LORD I thank YOU for always granting good health to my parents, to all our workers, for taking care of our business, for the unity of this family for the love YOU gave us for One Another. Help us O LORD I pray help us AVI, I ask YOU that we will live a pleasing life before YOU that we will always follow YOU and make adjustments to please YOU O GOD, I pray O GOD, that YOU save all our unsaved relatives all over Canada and the US. I pray that YOU save Sheik Hassan Yousef, Sabha Abu Salem and the rest of Mosab's brothers and sisters who do not know YOU, encounter them O GOD and bring salvation also to the Hattab Family of Moayed, Nader, Shadi, Fadi and Issam. Save Gonen Ben Yitzak and his family too O GOD, the Glick family of Yoel, Navonel and Adir. I pray save the Shtark family of Yossi and the rest of the families of Mosab Hassan Yousef. I pray O GOD, for the salvation of Ramon Tiu, Robert Go and his family, Dipe Robert Yu and his family, Aunt Ling and her family, Aunt Lilian and her family, Uncle Henry and his family, O GOD save all our families in Canada. I pray our famiies in Germany Lolo Christian and Lola Bebe. I pray save everyone of us O GOD. I pray take care of us O GOD, I pray save the Mother of Jr Ho O GOD, and Gaily's parents and brother Flients, I pray save Uncle James, Aunt Bebe Uy and Janz too. I pray O GOD, make me whole and brand new, pure and holy for YOU O GOD, I pray save all our workers O GOD, save us all AVI. I pray that YOUR grace always abound in everyone that I pray for and I pray that YOU restore my family and I to each other. I pray that we will focus on YOUR soon coming O GOD, and seek YOU and YOUR Kingdom first of all because YOU will add everything else to us. O GOD, help us O GOD, help me O GOD, to wait on YOU and to always be joyful whether I will marry in this lifetime or not, I pray that I will finish strong following YOU always. I pray O GOD that YOU Come LORD JESUS and save all the children in the world who are being traficked inhumanly. O GOD, how long will YOU stand this evil thing happening in the world??? How Long before YOU return??? As for me, help me to redeem the time for the days are evil O GOD help me, I cling to YOU. I pray that YOU save Alhamdan Youssef and Fauzia his "wife" and all those who have used me and deceived me and abused me by my resources. Please O GOD, help me to finish strong. Help me to focus on YOU and bless my Spirit O GOD with YOUR Presence, YOUR Shekinah Glory all over me once again. For YOU deserve all the honor and glory and power O GOD!
Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach, Amen!