V'ahavta (...and you shall love...") Hadassah from Jerusalem - “Lessons Learned from the Front Lines in Israel”

V’ahavta  

וְאָהַבְתָּ    ‘…And you shall love…’ 

V'ahavta (...and you shall love...")

Hadassah from Jerusalem

July 17, 2017

“Lessons Learned from the Front Lines in Israel”

“If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.” Proverbs 24:10

Looking at the world headlines (or on Facebook) we read of so much suffering and disaster and wars. It seems that there is no shortage of sad and depressing news. The timetable to the ‘End’ seems to be pressing in on us at breakneck speed. How, as Believers in Y’shua, do we keep our heads up and maintain some semblance of sanity never mind joy? What are some keys to allowing these situations to strengthen us and not faint?

Having lived in Israel a combined 19 years - through several wars, terror attacks, sirens- surrounded by enemies both inside and outside the borders - the Lord has been strengthening me so as not to ‘faint’. It has been - and still is- a long difficult process. It is made more difficult by my independent attitude in thinking I can ‘handle’ what is going on around me. Rather than run to Him immediately, I would listen to all the news… and opinions about that news… bemoan the state of things, get angry or fearful or ‘super spiritual’ (Oh it’s OK- the Lord is coming soon) wax eloquent in solutions… everything BUT sit still and listen and receive instruction.

Other countries are also going thru their tribulations and trials as we come to the close of this era before the return of our Messiah and King.  Please let me (humbly) share the lessons I have – and am - learning from our front lines here in Israel. May these words encourage you and strengthen you for your own battles. Please share the things you have learned from your ‘front lines’ of battle. Let us embolden one another.

 

Battling the spiritual warfare

 * Wait on the Lord. The first and most important lesson - the place from which all else springs. Sit in His presence. Renew. Refresh. Let the time be all about Him… not everything going on. He will restore perspective. He will lift your eyes and spirit upwards. He will carry you on eagles wings and renew your strength.

* Carry ONLY what He gives you. DO NOT PRAY THE NEWS! Give a short season to read what’s happening - get educated - and then TURN IT OFF! Read the Word MORE than you read the news! Ask the Lord for Scriptures to pray. There are hundreds and He will show you which ones and how to pray them. The Word is the powerful weapon of our warfare.

* There is only ONE Messiah and it’s not me. I do not need to carry ALL the burdens that I see around me - all the things that are breaking my heart. I need to sit quietly in His presence and wait. Let Him give me HIS burden at the moment that is MINE to carry. It will hurt. It will be difficult BUT He said HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT… which means He will carry it WITH me… with a resolution in the Spirit.

* Allow your heart to be burdened with those things that burden the Lord’s heart. Don’t run from pain.

* Know and guard against the dangers of being a Burden Bearer:
-Losing your joy and sense of humor
-Becoming rigid and inflexible
-Judgmental (‘They’ just don’t get it!)
-Oppressed
-Physically tired and worn down
-Self-centered, self-pity (no one really understands the burden I’m carrying)

* As a watchman - know your ‘Wall’. What is your ‘post’? Ask the Lord for your specific area of prayer and intercession. Your duty station cannot be manned by anyone else…. Nor can you man anyone else’s.

We are truly in the End of Days. We each have an assignment from Heaven to fulfill. Be encouraged as the birth pangs increase. Be busy about the Father’s work. Redeem the time. Pray. Praise. Share. Soon… it will be over!

“Do not pray for easy lives!
Pray to be stronger men.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers,
Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle,
But YOU shall be a miracle.
~Phillip Brooks~

Nissim & Hadassah

Jerusalem, Israel

Hadassah and Nissim, her accountant husband, live in a settlement just outside Jerusalem with their dog Molly. After making Aliyah (immigrating) from the U.S. with their five children in 1989, they are now semi-retired and open their home to guests and those wishing to make Aliyah. When not busy with their 16 'GrandWonders', they enjoy a quiet life of study, prayer and learning to serve the LORD.

07.17.17 #4

V'ahavta - וְאָהַבְתָּ ‘…And you shall love…’ by Hadassah in Jerusalem, ISRAEL - Jerusalem Light Festival!

V'ahavta - וְאָהַבְתָּ ‘…And you shall love…’ by Hadassah in Jerusalem, ISRAEL  Jerusalem Light Festival!

וְאָהַבְתָּ    ‘…And you shall love…’

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Jerusalem Light Festival!

July 5, 2017

It’s time for the 9^th annual Jerusalem Light Festival! This week locals and those who traveled to the Holy City were treated to an amazing feast for the eyes. 

The ancient Old City walls were the backdrop for various sculptures of light or movie type projections with music and movement. Free to the public, the festival is open every evening after sunset this first week of July. 

Thousands throng to enjoy the festival in the slightly cooler evening air (there has been recorded breaking high temperatures this week!)

The light exhibits have contributors from all over the world- Italy, Portugal, Hungry, United States and of course Israel. There were several highlights- the 6 giant, blow-up rabbits from Australia, the colorful peacock from the United States and the computer graphic station where the children could choose and paint an animal and have it projected on the Old City walls while under construction, the accompaniment of pipe organ cantata near the Dormition Abbey (one of this music lover's favorites) 

Take a listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtc6BWUeDw

The absolutely most stunning display, however, was the Hurva Synagogue which was sponsored by Poland. This historic, reconstructed place of worship became the backdrop for an amazing display of movement, color, and history. (This photo and more below.)

You can enjoy the marvelous creativity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R38L7ZDZ_XQ

Walking the Old City at night with the GrandWonders, we discovered a fun place and just had to participate. In the city, we were dressed in biblical garb and posed for photos in a Baby Moses in the basket moment. 

Eating popcorn, taking in the sights and sounds, relishing the City of Jerusalem in a different ‘light’- all part of the making of great memories. 

So eternally grateful to the LORD for allowing us to live in this most awesome place!

One more reason to love Him!

From the City of Jerusalem, Israel - the light to the nations,

Hadassah

For more photos and info: Festival of Lights - Jerusalem  

Below: Hurva Synagogue which was sponsored by Poland.

(screenshots from Hurva Synagogue - Festival of Lights Jerusalem, Israel)

 

  

THANK YOU HADASSAH!
Love For His People

Nissim & Hadassah

Jerusalem, Israel

Hadassah and Nissim, her accountant husband, live in a settlement just outside Jerusalem with their dog Molly. After making Aliyah (immigrating) from the U.S. with their 5 children in 1989  they are now semi-retired and open their home to guests and those wishing to make Aliyah. When not busy with their 16 'GrandWonders', they enjoy a quiet life of study, prayer and learning to serve the LORD.

My Times Are In Your Hands (Confidence in the Lord) - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

My Times Are In Your Hands

Confidence in the Lord

Now Think On This

Steve Martin

“My times are in Your hand…” (Psalms 31:15, NKJV)

Confidence is a big deal. If you are confident in something, or someone, you will go beyond the expected norm to get something done, to go somewhere (where no man has gone before!), or say what is really on your heart. You know you have the backing of another.

In the case of the believer, the Lord Jesus (Yeshua) has your back. For your times are in His hands.

I can only imagine (love these music lyrics!) what it will be like in our heavenly realm. I certainly look forward to that day. But in the here and now, we need to have the confidence in our hearts, in our heads, to work through our bodies; that what we are called to do here, what is our specific mission in this life, we can and must accomplish. 

The world, the nations of earth, knowingly or unknowingly, is depending on it. Being saved into God the Father’s family is more than getting a free ride to heaven. It is to do what He has given us to do here. Now. More than ever in our lifetime.

What have you been called to do? Do you know? Do you want to know?

Steve Martin saying

When we have the assurance that the living God of Israel is standing up, cheering us on, and giving us the energy and gifts of the Holy Spirit, along with the Comforter Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) Himself to walk with us…whatever the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) gives us to do, we can and must do it.

Faith to me is having the trust, the confidence in my God, Who He says He is, that what He says He will do, and what He has promised to me, to bring about its fulfillment in the exact time it needs to happen, gives me the boldness to step out in faith and do what I am supposed to do.

Do that “something” that we can know what we have been given the assignment to do.

At some point in our lives we need to just “do it.” That is an overworked advertisement and cliché, but none the less you know what I mean. You get my point.

And as the late, beloved musician, artist and missions-minded man Keith Green sang so much, “Jesus commands us to go!”

Hanging in our garage. Photo by Steve Martin

 There have been several key times in my life when a major decision had to be made. Each of the four times it involved my immediate family (numbering up to six, depending upon what year it was, and how many kids had arrived by then), our local church and my current job. Those times called for a move from one USA state to another. Major moves to be sure.

Was I hearing the Lord properly? Would my good wife Laurie walk in agreement? What about the financial concerns, the kids in school, the family and friends we had strong connections with? All these factors were needed to be considered.

Prayer? Yes indeed? Fasting? You bet! Council from others? Always wisdom in the abundance of counselors.

Proverbs 24:6 rightly says, “For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.” (NASU)

After we have sought the Lord, confirmed His word to us, and made the decision to walk in faith, our trust that we are in His hands, He has our back, and we can move out, standing on the firm conviction we have, on the strong foundation He has given us, we did what we had to do.

We can do what He has called us to do. You can do what He has called you to do. We must. For His sake, our sake, and for the lives of those we will have an effect on by our obedience.

Others have walked in faith and have seen the fruit of their obedience. I love reading the biographies of the patriarchs, matriarch and other saints who have gone on before us, from Abraham, Moses, King David, Paul the Apostle, to Eric Liddell, Oskar Schindler, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and so many more.

 Eric Liddell, The Flying Scotsman

 

   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream."

Seeing Jews make aliyah blesses me, as they leave behind the comforts of one home to return to their real homeland, that of the Promised Israel (Yisrael). I am encouraged in my walk of faith, seeing people like our good friend Hadassah and her family, living near Jerusalem, hearing the Lord speak specifically to them, and responding accordingly.

She wrote for the Love For His People blog her message "Just Say Yes", “While I was watching the sun come up from the crater and worshipping, I was overcome with gratitude. I cried out to God, “Why have we been allowed to live here?” And just as at times before when we have asked this question, the answer was the same - because you said “Yes!”

Hadassah's family in Israel

This is part of the basics of life, to have that foundational trust in God our Father. Those who do have and maintain this confidence can hear Him speak personally, walk then in obedience, and do that which they have been created, before the beginning of time.

Our times are in His hands enabling us to do this. We must.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

Founder

Love For His People, Inc.

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V'ahavta (...and you shall love...") Hadassah from Jerusalem - "My Israeli Neighborhood"

V’ahavta  

וְאָהַבְתָּ    ‘…And you shall love…’ 

V'ahavta (...and you shall love...")

Hadassah from Jerusalem

"My Israeli Neighborhood"

וְאָהַבְתָּ    ‘…And you shall love…’

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Today I want to share with you our village. It’s actually a settlement just outside Jerusalem. I don’t know what kind of image the word ‘settlement’ brings to mind, but I thought you’d like to see for yourselves a bit of where I live. There will be more glimpses in the future, but for today, enjoy this brief invitation to my neighborhood.

The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Psalm 16:6

Watch video here: My Israeli Neighborhood - Hadassah

Nissim & Hadassah

Jerusalem, Israel

June 2017

Hadassah and Nissim, her accountant husband, live in a settlement just outside Jerusalem with their dog Molly. After making Aliyah (immigrating) from the U.S. with their 5 children in 1989  they are now semi-retired and open their home to guests and those wishing to make Aliyah. When not busy with their 16 'GrandWonders', they enjoy a quiet life of study, prayer and learning to serve the LORD.

06.13.17  #2

One Night With The King (Full Movie) - Queen Esther (Hadassah) ~ Purim

Queen Esther (Hadassah) ~ One Night With The King 
(Full Movie) - Purim

Published on Jul 13, 2014

Esther ~ One Night With The King (Full Movie)

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Hebrew Music Monday ✡ "Hadassah that is Esther" - ISRAEL365

And he (Mordechai) brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. Esther 2:7 (The Israel Bible™) וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת דֹּדוֹ כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם אֶסְתֵּר ב:ז va-y'-hee o-mayn et ha-da-sa hee es-tayr bat do-do kee ayn la av va-aym

Today's Israel Inspiration We learn from today's verse about Esther's very humble and difficult beginnings as an orphan with neither father nor mother. Mordechai not only became her primary caretaker as a child, but he instilled in her the Godly values that followed her throughout life, and she never veered from his guidance. In her role as Queen of Persia, Esther became a shining light for all generations of how to preserve one's faith in exile. Today in Israel, TikvahHope provides vital services to needy children, instilling the security desperately needed in their lives. Bring joy to a needy child in Israel this Purim » Hebrew Music Monday Sing along to "Song of Thanksgiving" by Safam based on the joyful words of Psalm 100. Our Hebrew and English transliteration will have you learning the holy language of Psalms with ease! Watch here » German Christian Charity Singles Out Israeli Holocaust Survivors Harald Eckert, Chairman of Christians for Israel International and CEO of “Initiative 27.Januar”, a coalition to improve German-Israeli relationships, recently visited Meir Panim’s free restaurant-style soup kitchen in Jerusalem to see first-hand the work of the dynamic organization. Read more » "Noah Ride the Wave" 2-Disc DVD Enjoy this 2-Disc DVD set from the Israeli “Raise Your Spirits” theater company which depicts the trials of Noah, the man destined to build an Ark that will save his family and the animal kingdom from God’s destructive flood. Get this Great Deal » Today's Israel Photo Today's exuberant photo by Boruch Len features children jumping into Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). See more photos by Boruch Len » Thank You Please help us continue to spread the beauty and significance of the Land of Israel! Sponsor a day in honor of a loved one » “Never Imagined Israel Could be so Beautiful” It’s great to hear from so many of you - stay in touch and let us know where in the world you are enjoying Israel365! Stay in Touch » I never imagined Israel could be so beautiful. The pictures are captivating.... Dina Brandonisio Understanding the traditions of the people of God helps me to understand the Bible; it help me to see how now all these verses that I had read for so many years make sense. - Victor Fontanez Shalom, Rabbi Tuly Weisz RabbiTuly@Israel365.com

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