12 Elul 5783 / August 29, 2023
Day 241 Readings:
Torah: Ki Tavo, 3rd Portion Devarim (Deuteronomy) 26:16-19
16 "This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
17 Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.
18 Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,
19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken."
Bible Study Together:
Psalm 69
New American Standard Bible
A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.
For the music director; according to [a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
69 Save me, God,For the waters have [b]threatened my life.2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and a [c]flood overflows me.3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;My eyes fail while I wait for my God.4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;Those who would [d]destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
5 God, You know my foolishness,And my guilt is not hidden from You.6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed because of me, Lord [e]God of armies;May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,7 Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace;Dishonor has covered my face.8 I have become estranged [f]from my brothers,And a stranger to my mother’s sons.9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.10 When I wept in my soul with fasting,It became my disgrace.11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,I became a proverb to them.12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me,And songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, at an acceptable time;God, in the greatness of Your mercy,Answer me with [g]Your saving truth.14 Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink;May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water.15 May the [h]flood of water not overflow meNor the deep swallow me up,Nor the pit close its mouth on me.
16 Answer me, Lord, for Your mercy is good;According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,For I am in distress; answer me quickly.18 Come near to my soul and redeem it;Ransom me because of my enemies!19 You know my disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;All my enemies are [i]known to You.
20 Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick.And I waited for sympathy, but there was none;And for comforters, but I found none.21 They also gave me [j]a bitter herb in my food,And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 May their table before them become a snare;And [k]when they are at peace, may it become a trap.23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,And make their hips shake continually.24 Pour out Your indignation on them,And may Your burning anger overtake them.25 May their [l]camp be desolated;May there be none living in their tents.26 For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have [m]wounded.27 Add guilt to their guilt,And may they not come into Your righteousness.28 May they be wiped out of the book of life,And may they not be [n]recorded with the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;[o]May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high.30 I will praise the name of God with song,And exalt Him with thanksgiving.31 And it will please the Lord better than an oxOr bull with horns and hoofs.32 The humble [p]have seen it and are glad;You who seek God, let your heart [q]revive.33 For the Lord hears the needy,And does not despise those of His who are prisoners.
34 Heaven and earth shall praise Him,The seas and everything that moves in them.35 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,So that they may live there and possess it.36 The [r]descendants of His servants will inherit it,And those who love His name will live in it.
Dear AVI,
Baruk Ata Adonai Melek Ha Olam!!!! GOD YOU are My GOD and I am YOURS forever!!! O LORD, GOD Almighty!!! I am amazed at YOUR WORD, because it has spoken to me. Before I read Psalm 69, my thoughts came back to the days when I was spiritually high ang happy with YOU in the last time we were at a Beach at the North in Medellin. I was singing praises to YOU because YOU made me so glad, but my own mother and sister they looked at me like I was crazy. They could not understand my joy but they didn't have to envy that joy and because of that joy and YOUR Presence around me, they had become my enemies. Even my father was so angry at me just because I did not figure out the way to the golf course through maps. I did not prepare and he was angry even though I offered to drive. All these things are so minimal yet it has brought me so much trouble and pain just because I was in the high of spirit. O GOD, I was rejoicing in YOU, even though there was no hope for me to be with any man and the last YOU told me was Mosab and even today as I think about it, it is so much impossible. But I will still believe if YOU want me to. My family does not agree what YOU told me and I have become a mockery to them because of what I received from YOU. O GOD Almighty, here I am broken and wounded because of My zeal for YOU. Truly I have become what David wrote in Psalm 69:8 I have become estranged [f]from my brothers,And a stranger to my mother’s sons.9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me. But LORD, I cannot live without YOU and YOUR Spirit in me is the reason why I live, so shelter me in YOUR unfailing love and show me YOUR loving kindness again. Do not allow the hatred of this world towards YOUR presence be my downfall. Do not allow me to fail O GOD but lift me up from the mud and mire. Let YOUR healing towards me flow like I river as I ask YOU to forgive them O GOD, for they do not know what they do against YOU and me YOUR beloved daughter and bride. Forgive them O GOD and let me move on from this pain just as YOU have healed me from the many other deeper pain from the past. I pray O GOD, prepare me and all YOUR children for YOUR great return. I want to serve YOU O GOD, I want to live by faith and I want to live a life that overcomes all the trials and tribulations of this world because YOU are Victorious and I desire to be as a Victor and Conquerror like YOU so help me GOD live this life for YOU. Let this Psalm heal all my pain for YOU have gone through all these things that I have been through before. YOU have gone through all my pain. Heal I pray my family from all the pain and wounds of the past, heal us all O GOD and show us YOUR glory. I pray show us YOUR glory, let YOUR presence spread from me towards all of them and heal us from all our sins and brokeness. O in the Name of YESHUA our Savior and KING of the Universe! Healing come upon us all like a mighty river! Amen!
Romans 11
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,Eyes that they should not seeAnd ears that they should not hear,To this very day.”
25 For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come from Zion,He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”27 “This is [k]My covenant with them,When I take away their sins.”
28 In relation to the gospel they are enemies on your account, but in relation to God’s choice they are beloved on account of the fathers; 29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. 32 For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that He may show mercy to all.
365 Daily Kingdom Living
Integrity
Integrity means no double-dealing. Those who live in the solid principles of honesty and fairness are highly regarded and valued by their community, and under God’s guidance and protection they are good examples for us to follow.
Prayer: Lord, teach me to have integrity. Take away all the falsehood and dishonesty lurking deep within my character. I desire to uphold Your standards and won’t follow the crooked paths that lead me to destruction. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Scripture
Job 31
Job 32
Job 33
2 Corinthians 3
12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [b]by the Spirit of the Lord.
Psalms 43
New American Standard Bible
Prayer for Help.
1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;[a]Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?Why do I go about mourning [b]because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send out Your light and Your truth, they shall lead me;They shall bring me to Your holy hillAnd to Your dwelling places.4 Then I will go to the altar of God,To God [c]my exceeding joy;And I will praise You on the lyre, God, my God.
5 Why are you [d]in despair, my soul?And why are you restless within me?Wait for God, for I will [e]again praise [f]HimFor the [g]help of His presence, my God.
Proverbs 22:8-9
New American Standard Bible
8 One who sows injustice will reap disaster,And the rod of his fury will perish.9 One who [a]is generous will be blessed,Because he gives some of his food to the poor.
Dear AVI,
I feel that pain in my heart, like there's still an arrow that has not been removed, that's continually causing me to bleed and hurt, please remove it O GOD, remove all the pain of my heart, I cannot forgive on my own, I need YOU to enable me to forgive those the enemy has used against me. Help me O GOD live in YOUR truth, in YOUR love, in the fullness of joy and life. But right now, I feel the pain please O GOD, YOU have broken me, restore me once again restore me. Do not allow me to die to my defeat because YOU are my victory. Let me live in victory O GOD, because YOU are good and YOUR love endureth forever and YOU are deserving of all the glory and praises that I give to YOU, YOU are deserving of it all O GOD. But how can I praise and how can I rejoice in this pain??? So GOD of Glory look upon me with mercy and heal me from within. Let me let go all my pain O GOD and heal me. Let me live once again for I have died... O GOD have mercy on me YOUR Beloved. I ask YOU and plead for YOUR grace O GOD I plead for YOUR mercy O GOD. I wait on YOU O GOD, I wait for YOU to lift me up.
Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach, Amen!