Showing posts with label Bible reading. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Bible Reading for Shavuot ✡ "Your People Shall Be My People" - ISRAEL365

Where you go, I will go; and where you lodge,
I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
and your God my God.

אֶל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכִי אֵלֵךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁר תָּלִינִי אָלִין עַמֵּךְ עַמִּי וֵא-לֹהַיִךְ אֱ-לֹהָי

רות א:ט’’ז

el a-sher tayl-khee ay-laykh u-va-a-sher ta-lee-nee a-leen a-maykh a-mee vay-e-lo-ha-ikh e-lo-hai

Today's Israel Inspiration

On the upcoming festival of Shavuot, we read from the Book of Ruth. In one of the most beautiful statements of faith and allegiance in all of the Bible, Ruth demonstrates for all time what it means to cast your lot with the people of Israel, the Land of Israel, and the God of Israel. The Land of Israel Online Courses are dynamic, interactive classes about the Holy Land, its history, and its people. Choose from 4 great mini-series, from biblical archaeology to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Holocaust, or insights into the modern-day fulfillment of Ezekiel's prophecies. These amazing classes are starting NOW so don't wait!
 

The Israeli 'Indiana Jones' Finds Biblical Treasures in the Holy Land

Join a world class guide as he embarks on thrilling adventures and uncovers hidden treasures buried beneath the holy soil of Israel!

Bring a Piece of Israel into Your Home from Afar

Recognizing the gift of technology to bring Israel into homes far and wide, a group of dedicated teachers living in the Holy Land have initiated a new, online series of courses.
 

Adorn Yourself with this Amazing Ancient Temple Discovery

 
Archeologists discovered an ancient button-sized clay seal inscribed with the words, "Pure for God"  near  the Temple Mount. Archaeologists suggest that it was used on items in the Temple that required a seal of purity. City of David has created a gorgeous gold necklace replica of the seal.
 
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Israel Photo Trivia

Can you guess where Igor Farberov took this beautiful photo? Send me an email or post your guess on Facebook.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

So That's Why - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

So That's Why
- Now Think On This
by Steve Martin


“We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!”
(1 Cor 13:12 THE MESSAGE)


You have, as I have, many times thought, or even said out loud, “Why?” “Why did it happen that way?” “What was the purpose in me having to go through that?” “I don’t get it. Why did it have to happen to me?” Surely there was a better way, right Lord?

I like how The Message translation of the Bible puts it, how we are “squinting in a fog, peering through a mist.” We try hard to do what is right. We press on as Paul said he did, in Phil 3:12-14, “Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (NASU)

But sometimes we still don’t get it, or see it happening as expected.

There were situations that my kids had to deal with, and thus as their parents, so did Laurie and I, that we didn’t comprehend. Even as we pressed on to seek the Lord’s answer, sometimes it didn’t come as we liked, or as soon as we wanted, or as it had been prophesied it would. Even though we prayed diligently and continually for them, there were occasions when we just didn’t know exactly what to tell them, or what would bring the understanding we sought from the Lord.

It was as if He would say simply, “In time you will know.”

We don’t have full knowledge of what the Lord does, when He will do it, or how He will do it. I know that even ones who have known and walked with the Lord for years (personally true in my life) don’t have all the answers. But what I do know is that the Lord wants us to keep seeking Him, keep knocking at the door, keep letting Him know, or rather ourselves, that we are totally dependent on His daily interaction with us. He likes that. So He does what He does.

It is also one good reason why He has given us apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists and pastors, as written, “for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12-13 NASU) We are not meant to go it alone. We have been created to need one another, rely on one another, walk together in common purpose, so that we can obtain more understanding in all His ways and purposes.

There will come a time when we’ll look back, probably years from now, and say, “Yes, NOW I know why that went that way!” Until that time happens, that moment (some call it an “Ah ha! Now I get it!” moment) when it is revealed to us, when the fog has lifted, we’ll see the immense wisdom that the Lord had in directing and guiding us, His beloved people.

In our consistent time of daily prayer, Bible reading, and meetings with gathered believers, what the Lord is doing in our lives, and why, will be more fully known. In our efforts to seek and understand, we will receive understanding, as He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

Then we will know the “whys”!

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.

Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA humanitarian organization started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in the nations.


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Now Think On This #183 “So That Is Why” by Steve Martin 
Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.05.15) Monday at 5:00 am in Charlotte, NC
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

A Head Start In Heaven - Now Think On This by Steve Martin


A Head Start In Heaven
- Now Think On This
by Steve Martin


"…but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. “Matt. 20:14 NASU



As was my usual custom, when I cleared the parking deck ramp, after leaving the uptown Charlotte, North Carolina office, I turned on the radio news. Seemed to be the same usual as usual. Before much too long I turned it off to have some “quiet time” while travelling southbound down the busy late afternoon NC I77 traffic toward home.

Thankfully I began humming in my head a song by Joshua Aaron, a Messianic Jew, singing about his bride and his promise to her, for a long time. Forever in fact. The song, My Beloved (Wedding Waltz) kept going over and over in my head. I was singing along, “I am no longer mine, I am yours forever. I give it all to you, my beloved.

As you may know yourself, your mind often goes onto another subject. Most of the time they don’t seemed to be related, but as I traced back my thoughts later, they were. It was the Holy Spirit giving me a little revelation blessing of His Word. Follow the thread as it unwinds.

A close friend’s father had passed on to eternity two weeks earlier, and I began thinking about her loss. With my own dad having crossed over to his eternal reward in heaven over 15 years ago, it occurred to me that my dad had already a head start in heaven. He was already enjoying eternity that I know will someday be mine too. Only because Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.

Then somehow (Holy Spirit in action) I got to thinking about the parable Yeshua (Jesus) shared with His disciples about the workers, or laborers as He called them, in the Gospel of Matthew. Here is the story, which you probably know well.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.'  When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.  When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.  When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner, saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' 

"But he answered and said to one of them, ' Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?  ‘Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.  'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'  So the last shall be first, and the first last." Matthew 20:8-16 NASU

Now in times past, when trying to understand this Scripture, I couldn’t justify in my mind how the owner could be so unjust. Or even generous, as it says he actually was. After all, if I worked a full day on my job, beginning at 7:00 am, and another got hired and started at 3 pm, and then both of us got off at 4 pm, I would expect I’d get paid for eight hours, and he for only one hour. But if we both got paid for eight hours…

Catch my figuring at what seems unfair?

So back to the “head start in heaven” thought. Still driving down the road at the 65 mph going rate, it seemed the Holy Spirit wanted to enlighten me on that Scripture, to further my understanding. He started to say that those who have gone on ahead of us to their eternal reward, that being heaven and His presence, are enjoying their time even now. Though some have been there for centuries, once you and I who know the Lord get there, it will be as if we had been there just as long as they have too. There won’t be any “unfairness”, for His reward (pay) at the “end of the day” would be the same for each of us. (Now I know there are different crowns passed out to each for their labors on earth, but that is for another message.)

The head start in heaven, because of eternity’s timelessness, makes it seem as if it is all the same time for all. I know, my head spins too just trying to imagine that. Heaven and eternity are bigger than we can comprehend at this point. It is because His thoughts and plans are so much greater than ours.

It amazes me how the Holy Spirit speaks to us as we give Him moments to do so. In just a short amount of time, whether it is during a drive down the interstate after a busy work day, or starting the morning off in a Bible reading and prayer time, little things like that revelation above encourage us. And yes, I sure am looking forward to heaven.

And I know He is looking forward to us being with Him there too!

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.

Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA humanitarian organization started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in the nations.

If these messages minister to you, please consider sending a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless families we know in Israel, whom we consistently help through our humanitarian ministry. Your tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation. Fed. ID #27-1633858.

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Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)
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Now Think On This #178 “A Head Start In Heaven” by Steve Martin 
Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (09.08.15) Tuesday at 6:00 pm in Charlotte, NC

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Sunday, January 11, 2015

NEW: Israel Bible Reading Plan ✡ "She Named Him Moses"

The child grew up, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became like her son. She named himMoses, and she said, "For I drew him from the water."

EXODUS (2:10)
 

וַיִּגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּבִאֵהוּ לְבַת פַּרְעֹה וַיְהִי לָהּ לְבֵן וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ משֶׁה וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי מִן הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ

שמות ב:י


va-yig-dal ha-ye-led vat-vi-ay-hu l'-vat par-o va-y'-hee la l'-vayn va-tik-ra sh'-momo-she va-to-mer kee min ha-mai-yim m'-shee-ti-hu

Today's Israel Inspiration

Although the Torah is relatively progressive in its attitude towards women as compared to the surrounding cultures of the time it describes (think Deborah the Judge), there aren’t many female characters in leading roles in the text. Yet here, the women who raised Moses are noted, and later in Moses’s genealogy, three women are described: Moses’s mother, Jochebed, Aaron’s wife, Elisheba, and Aaron’s daughter-in-law, whose name is not given. Why do you think these women in particular are included? What is their significance in Moses’ life? Get the answer in the new Israel Bible Reading Plan, with an exciting curriculum, personal attention, and question-answer forum.
 

Golda Meir, An Israel Inspiration

Golda Meir joined the long list of Jewish heroines as Israel’s first female prime minister. This video reveals her hopes for the nation, with footage of the early days of the State of Israel.
 

Students of God Connect Around the World

The Israel Bible Reading Plan began this week with an online classroom instructor, Aliza Abrahamowitz, who deepens the daily learning program with lively discussions and thought-provoking questions.
 

Honor Diaries

This DVD movie features nine courageous women’s rights advocates with connections to Muslim-majority societies who are engaged in a dialogue about gender inequality. These women, who have witnessed firsthand the hardships women endure, are profiled in their efforts to affect change, both in their communities and beyond.

Today's Israel Photo

Elad Matityahu's beautiful shot of a mother and child on Israel's Mediterranean coast.

Thank You

Today's Scenes and Inspiration is sponsored by Debra Jakubovitz from Los Angeles, California. Toda Raba!
 

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Dear Rabbi, I was first sent your email during Shabbat for those who survived the Holocaust, I am now a subscriber and enjoy reading about my brothers and sisters in Israel and the beauty of the Holy Land. May the Father continue to Bless Israel and His people. Thank you for your good work. Patricia Brown, North York, Ontario, Canada

May you all have a blessed and tranquil Shabbat and may there be nothing but Peace and Calm in Jerusalem and all Israel from now on.. I really love this website and eagerly await my morning email, which I try and open at school as invariably, there is something I can always show my students, usually the beautiful pics of Israel. -Ilona
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