18 Tevet 5781, Shabbat Vayechi: And He lived

2 January 2021

Shabbat Shalom! 

Rest in the Promises and Faithfulness of GOD

Shabbat Vayechi: Genesis 50:21-26

Haftarah Vayechi: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 2:1–12
B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Vayechi: Acts 7:9–16 (specifically vv. 15–16); Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 11:21–22; 1 Kefa (1 Peter) 1:3–9; 2:11–17

Hazak, hazak, v’nit’chazek! Be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened!

Psalm 83
(0) A song. A psalm of Asaf:
2 (1) God, don’t remain silent! Don’t stay quiet, God, or still;
3 (2) because here are your enemies, causing an uproar; those who hate you are raising their heads,
4 (3) craftily conspiring against your people, consulting together against those you treasure.
5 (4) They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Isra’el be remembered no more!”
6 (5) With one mind they plot their schemes; the covenant they have made is against you —
7 (6) the tents of Edom and the Yishma‘elim, Mo’av and the Hagrim,
8 (7) G’val, ‘Amon and ‘Amalek, P’leshet with those living in Tzor; (Selah)
9 (8) Ashur too is allied with them, to reinforce the descendants of Lot.
10 (9) Do to them as you did to Midyan, to Sisra and Yavin at Vadi Kishon —
11 (10) they were destroyed at ‘Ein-Dor and became manure for the ground.
12 (11) Make their leaders like ‘Orev and Ze’ev, all their princes like Zevach and Tzalmuna,
13 (12) who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s meadows for ourselves.”
14 (13) My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff driven by the wind.
15 (14) Like fire burning up the forest, like a flame that sets the mountains ablaze,
16 (15) drive them away with your storm, terrify them with your tempest.
17 (16) Fill their faces with shame, so that they will seek your name, Adonai.
18 (17) Let them be ashamed and fearful forever; yes, let them perish in disgrace.
19 (18) Let them know that you alone, whose name is Adonai, are the Most High over all the earth. 

Avi Yakar,

Holy are YOU Adonai Elohim King of the Universe! My Everlasting! O GOD of Heaven and Earth! Abba, my Father, I feel so much insecure and sad like never before.... Please Abba, help us Adonai, in all we do help us, have mercy on us O GOD. Have mercy on me, on my family, have mercy on me because I feel very burdened many times. I know my mom feels it too, my sister, everyone but I'm so thankful that Deric doesn't feel that way even though he also has many things to do. I pray Abba, YOU rebuke and cast out the enemy that has been oppressing and harassing me, YOU promised me that YOUR will for me is to rejoice and be thankful, and so I pray that I will live in that perfect will of YOURS. I will not be oppressed or feel insecure because YOUR love for me is more than enough. YOU are more than enough for me Abba, YOU love me so much, YOU are working everything out for my good Abba. Forgive me for all the wrongs I have done, redeem me, comfort me, do not let the enemy make me feel ashamed or sad, insecure or bad... Help me to trust YOU, I lay down all my fears to YOU. Avi I pray that we, my family and I we will all walk under YOUR shekinah glory, protected by YOU, that we will all be restful at peace knowing that YOU are taking care of us. It's not our works that will save us but our trust in YOU because YOU are our GOD because YOU are our salvation. Avi, help me overcome help me. Toda Avi, for YOUR comfort when I cry YOU are always here and YOU remove the heaviness from my heart. YOU are hushing me..... Better days are coming.

 

Genesis 50

(vii) 21 So don’t be afraid — I will provide for you and your little ones.” In this way he comforted them, speaking kindly to them.
22 Yosef continued living in Egypt, he and his father’s household. Yosef lived 110 years. (Maftir) 23 Yosef lived to see Efrayim’s great-grandchildren, and the children of M’nasheh’s son Makhir were born on Yosef’s knees.
24 Yosef said to his brothers, “I am dying. But God will surely remember you and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov.” 25 Then Yosef took an oath from the sons of Isra’el: “God will surely remember you, and you are to carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Yosef died at the age of 110, and they embalmed him and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

Avi Yakar,

O GOD Almighty the GREAT I AM, do not forget me Avi, remember me.

1 Kings 2:1-12

1 The time came near for David to die; so he commissioned Shlomo his son as follows: 2 “I am going the way of all the earth. Therefore, be strong; show yourself a man. 3 Observe the charge of Adonai your God to go in his ways and keep his regulations, mitzvot, rulings and instructions in accordance with what is written in the Torah of Moshe; so that you will succeed in all you do and wherever you go. 4 If you do, Adonai will fulfill what he promised me when he said, ‘If your children pay attention to how they live, conducting themselves before me honestly with all their heart and being, you will never lack a man on the throne of Isra’el.’
10 Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11 David had ruled Isra’el for forty years — seven years in Hevron and thirty-three years in Yerushalayim. 12 Shlomo sat on the throne of David his father; and his rule had become firmly established,

Avi Yakar,

Blessed are YOU Adonai My GOD and KING! YOU are in full control over all things. I pray Adonai, have mercy on us... Please Adonai, touch my Papa, I know YOU love him, I know his heart is not hardened, please Avi, forgive him, of all the pushing and pressure he put on my mom, on his children, thinking it is hard work that will prosper us, but it is YOUR favor and blessing that prospers us. Avi, I am praying and asking YOU to bring Fatima back to us to be our house helper because we really like her. I pray that YOU will take care of her family, Kimjee will bring his sister to Mindanao. I pray Avi, take care of Fatima's family, find a way Avi or YOU can send us a new helper if she can't return but we really like her and so I ask for her return Avi, today, let it be today... Please Avi, YOU know all things... I ask YOU to heal us all, heal Daddy LORD, from all his pain in the past, heal Mom LORD from all the pain in the past, all the rejection and disrespect of people towards them. Heal us all I pray Avi. Heal me, heal me of insecurity, that feeling that I am not enough, I am not good enough, heal us, heal David, heal us from within, within we need YOU to heal all our pain. Breakthrough in our lives Avi. I pray heal Dean and Denesse, heal my sister Grace from feeling inferior, heal Deric, heal us all...

Acts 7:9–16 

9 “Now the Patriarchs grew jealous of Yosef and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But Adonai was with him;[a] 10 he rescued him from all his troubles and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him chief administrator over Egypt and over all his household.

Hebrews 11:21–22

11 Trusting[a] is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see. 2 It was for this that Scripture attested the merit of the people of old.
21 By trusting, Ya‘akov, when he was dying, blessed each of Yosef’s sons, leaning on his walking-stick as he bowed in prayer.[g] 22 By trusting, Yosef, near the end of his life, remembered about the Exodus of the people of Isra’el and gave instructions about what to do with his bones

1 Peter 1:3–9; 2:11–17

1 Peter 1:3-9
3 Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope, 4 to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven. 5 Meanwhile, through trusting, you are being protected by God’s power for a deliverance ready to be revealed at the Last Time. 6 Rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to experience grief in various trials. 7 Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire. The purpose of these trials is so that your trust’s genuineness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Yeshua the Messiah.
8 Without having seen him, you love him. Without seeing him now, but trusting in him, you continue to be full of joy that is glorious beyond words. 9 And you are receiving what your trust is aiming at, namely, your deliverance.

1 Peter 2:11-17

11 Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents[a] not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you; 12 but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming. 13 For the sake of the Lord, submit yourselves to every human authority — whether to the emperor as being supreme, 14 or to governors as being sent by him to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do what is good. 15 For it is God’s will that your doing good should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Submit as people who are free, but not letting your freedom serve as an excuse for evil; rather, submit as God’s slaves. 17 Be respectful to all — keep loving the brotherhood, fearing God and honoring the emperor.

Avi Yakar,

O HOLY One of Israel, YOU are my GOD and I depend on YOU for my healing, salvation, breakthrough and deliverance. I depend on YOU because I have No ONE else but YOU. YOU are the Truth that I stand on, YOU are the ONE who loves me.... and even when I don't want to do what YOU are telling me, because I am afraid, I cannot go anywhere else but be here with YOU because I am nothing without YOU and YOU are my shalom, my peace. Please Avi, secure me and wrap YOUR arms around me. I am so hopeful, for YOU have given me hope through the Prophets YOU have called to speak YOUR truth over me and assurance of YOUR Promises all around me. I am secure because all I need is already with YOU and in YOU. Adonai, please prepare my husband to cover me, please prepare me to be the wife and woman that this man needs. May we be invicible together because YOUR glory is shining greatly through us. Avi, I thank YOU for the double portion, double blessings that are coming our way. I pray Avi, please heal my family. Heal us all, cause me to rejoice once again in YOU. I will meditate on that, I will focus on YOUR Promise, on YOUR deliverance, on YOUR dreams for me... I remember them because YOU reminded me of them. Toda Raba Avi. Avi, heal me of nail biting, heal me please. Avi, I keep asking until I receive. I keep thanking YOU for my healing, my deliverance, my blessing of a husband who loves YOU and loves me. I keep thanking YOU for the healing of my family and their deliverance. I keep praying, I keep seeking, asking and knocking until I will have what I seek, ask and knock on. I keep bringing the petitions of my heart to YOU, everyday for the salvation of many people right now I speak my petitions. 

Toda Raba Abba for hearing my plea, toda for hearing me... Toda for answered prayers. Toda because YOU are so faithful!

Avi, I ask YOU today that if Anthony Wahl is the chosen man YOU have for me, that he will reconnect with me today, through text, or viber or social media. I want YOU to assure me that I am praying for the right man because I have been praying in the past and nothing happened and I don't want to pray for the wrong man anymore Avi, please have mercy on me. I am sorry that I have to be a Gideon in this new thing, but I don't to be wrong again. Please Avi no more... please let today be the start of something new. Avi, if he is not the one then he will not reach out to me today... Please Avi, don't let me hope for nothing anymore. If today he doesn't reach out, I will stop praying for him because it means I am being misled once again. Toda Avi, for understanding me, toda for YOUR faithfulness to me, my family, my husband and his family. Toda Avi...  

Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach, Amen!