18 Adar 5781, Tuesday

2 March 2021

Psalm 119:73-80 י (Yud)
73 Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, so I can learn your mitzvot.
74 Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me, because I put my hope in your word.
75 I know, Adonai, that your rulings are righteous, that even when you humble me you are faithful.
76 Let your grace comfort me, in keeping with your promise to your servant.
77 Show me pity, and I will live, for your Torah is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they wrong me with lies; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your instruction.
80 Let my heart be pure in your laws, so that I won’t be put to shame.




Exodus 33
1 Adonai said to Moshe, “Leave, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt; and move on from here toward the land of which I swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel ahead of you; and I will drive out the Kena‘ani, Emori, Hitti, P’rizi, Hivi and Y’vusi. 3 You will go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I myself will not go with you, because you are such a stiffnecked people that I might destroy you on the way.” 4 When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning; and no one wore his ornaments. 5 Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘You are a stiffnecked people! If I were to go up with you for even one moment, I would exterminate you! Now, keep your ornaments off; then I will decide what to do to you.’” 6 So from Mount Horev onward, the people of Isra’el stripped themselves of their ornaments.
7 Moshe would take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Everyone who wanted to consult Adonai would go out to the tent of meeting, outside the camp. 8 Whenever Moshe went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand, each man at his tent door, and look at Moshe until he had gone into the tent. 9 Whenever Moshe entered the tent, the column of cloud would descend and station itself at the entrance to the tent; and Adonai would speak with Moshe. 10 When all the people saw the column of cloud stationed at the entrance to the tent, they would get up and prostrate themselves, each man at his tent door. 11 Adonai would speak to Moshe face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then he would return to the camp; but the young man who was his assistant, Y’hoshua the son of Nun, never left the inside of the tent.

 

1 Samuel 17
32 David said to Sha’ul, “No one should lose heart because of him; your servant will go and fight this P’lishti.” 33 Sha’ul said to David, “You can’t go to fight this P’lishti — you’re just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth!” 34 David answered Sha’ul, “Your servant used to guard his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear would come and grab a lamb from the flock, 35 I would go after it, hit it, and snatch the lamb from its mouth; and if it turned on me, I would catch it by the jaw, smack it and kill it. 36 Your servant has defeated both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised P’lishti will be like one of them, because he has challenged the armies of the living God.” 37 Then David said, “Adonai, who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will rescue me from the paw of this P’lishti!” Sha’ul said to David, “Go; may Adonai be with you.”
38 Sha’ul dressed David in his own armor — he put a bronze helmet on his head and gave him armor plate to wear. 39 David buckled his sword on his armor and tried to walk, but he wasn’t used to such equipment. David said to Sha’ul, “I can’t move wearing these things, because I’m not used to them.” So David took them off. 40 Then he took his stick in his hand and picked five smooth stones from the riverbed, putting them in his shepherd’s bag, in his pouch. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the P’lishti. 41 The P’lishti, with his shield-bearer ahead of him, came nearer and nearer to David. 42 The P’lishti looked David up and down and had nothing but scorn for what he saw — a boy with ruddy cheeks, red hair and good looks. 43 The P’lishti said to David, “Am I a dog? Is that why you’re coming at me with sticks?” — and the P’lishti cursed David by his god. 44 Then the P’lishti said to David, “Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds in the air and the wild animals.” 45 David answered the P’lishti, “You’re coming at me with a sword, a spear and a javelin. But I’m coming at you in the name of Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of the armies of Isra’el, whom you have challenged. 46 Today Adonai will hand you over to me. I will attack you, lop your head off, and give the carcasses of the army of the P’lishtim to the birds in the air and the animals in the land. Then all the land will know that there is a God in Isra’el, 47 and everyone assembled here will know that Adonai does not save by sword or spear. For this is Adonai’s battle, and he will hand you over to us.” 48 When the P’lishti got up, approached and came close to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the P’lishti. 49 David put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, and hurled it with his sling. It struck the P’lishti in his forehead and buried itself in his forehead, so that he fell face down on the ground. 50 Thus David defeated the P’lishti with a sling and a stone, striking the P’lishti and killing him; but David had no sword in his hand. 51 Then David ran and stood over the P’lishti, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and finished killing him, cutting off his head with it.
When the P’lishtim saw that their hero was dead, they fled. 52 The men of Isra’el and Y’hudah got up, shouting, and pursued the P’lishtim all the way to Gat and the gates of ‘Ekron. The wounded P’lishtim fell down all along the road from Sha‘arayim to Gat and ‘Ekron. 53 After chasing the P’lishtim, the army of Isra’el returned and plundered their camp.
54 David took the head of the P’lishti and brought it to Yerushalayim, but he put the armor of the P’lishti in his tent.
55 When Sha’ul saw David go out to fight the P’lishti, he said to Avner, the army’s commander, “Avner, whose son is this boy?” “By your life, O king,” Avner replied, “I don’t know.” 56 The king said, “Find out whose son this boy is.” 57 As David returned from killing the P’lishti, Avner took him and brought him to Sha’ul with the head of the P’lishti in his hand. 58 Sha’ul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Yishai the Beit-Lachmi.”

Avi Yakar,

Blessed are YOU Adonai Elohim King of the Universe! My Everlasting! Toda Raba for everything YOU are doing O GOD, I want to hope in YOU and rejoice in YOU because YOU are making all things new! What's with the red hair Avi? Yesterday I ignored it coz I read the red hair thingee... I ignored the red hair because I know it's on 1 Samuel 16 but today, rotsear is facing his enemy and his enemy sees that he has red hair. So I'm just wondering, are we still gonna keep up with the red hair? His hair isn't even red but blonde and his family name is red beard not red hair. Probably it's a different red headed man. But if YOU say that he has red hair, by all means Amen! And I don't forget that he is born of Zion!

Zepahniah 1
1 This is the word of Adonai that came to Tz’fanyah the son of Kushi, the son of G’dalyah, the son of Amaryah, the son of Hizkiyah, during the reign of Yoshiyahu the son of Amon, king of Y’hudah:
2 “I will completely sweep away everything off the face of the land,” says Adonai.
3 “I will sweep away humans and animals, the birds in the air and the fish in the sea,
also the wicked and what makes them stumble; I will wipe humanity off the land,” says Adonai.
4 “I will stretch out my hand over Y’hudah and all those living in Yerushalayim.
I will wipe every remnant of Ba‘al from this place, the idol-serving priests and even their names,
5 those worshipping heaven’s army on the roofs, also those who worship and swear by Adonai
but swear by Malkam as well,
6 those who turned away from following Adonai, and those who haven’t sought Adonai
or consulted him at all.”
7 Keep silent before Adonai Elohim, for the Day of Adonai is near.
Adonai has prepared a sacrifice; he has set apart those he invited.
8 When the time comes for Adonai’s sacrifice — “I will punish the leaders
and the sons of the king, also those who dress in foreign clothes.
9 On the same day I will also punish all who jump over the threshold
to fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
10 Also on that day,” says Adonai, “a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,
wailing from the city’s Second Quarter and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail, you who live down in the hollow, because all the merchants are destroyed,
all who trade with silver are ruined.
12 When that time comes, I will search Yerushalayim with lamps
and punish those who are [smug and thick, like wine] left too long on its dregs,
who say to themselves, ‘Adonai will do nothing — neither good nor bad.’
13 For this, their wealth will be plundered; and their houses will be destroyed.
Yes, they will build houses but not live in them; they will plant vineyards but not drink the wine.”
14 The great Day of Adonai is near, near and coming very quickly;
Hear the sound of the Day of Adonai! When it’s here, even a warrior will cry bitterly.
15 That Day is a Day of fury, a Day of trouble and distress, a Day of waste and desolation,
a Day of darkness and gloom, a Day of clouds and thick fog,
16 a Day of the shofar and battle-cry against the fortified cities
and against the high towers [on the city walls].
17 “I will bring such distress on people that they will grope their way like the blind,
because they have sinned against Adonai. Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their bowels like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them.
On the day of Adonai’s fury, the whole land will be destroyed in the fire of his jealousy.
For he will make an end, a horrible end, of all those living in the land.”

Acts 3
12 Seeing this, Kefa addressed the people: “Men of Isra’el! Why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk through some power or godliness of our own? 13 The God of Avraham, Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov, the God of our fathers,[a] has glorified his servant Yeshua — the same Yeshua you handed over and disowned before Pilate, even after he had decided to release him. 14 You denied the holy and innocent one, and instead asked for the reprieve of a murderer! 15 You killed the author of life!
“But God has raised him from the dead! Of this we are witnesses. 16 And it is through putting trust in his name that his name has given strength to this man whom you see and know. Yes, it is the trust that comes through Yeshua which has given him this perfect healing in the presence of you all.
17 “Now, brothers, I know that you did not understand the significance of what you were doing; neither did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had announced in advance, when he spoke through all the prophets, namely, that his Messiah was to die.
19 “Therefore, repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be erased; 20 so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s presence; and he may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you, that is, Yeshua. 21 He has to remain in heaven until the time comes for restoring everything, as God said long ago, when he spoke through the holy prophets. 22 For Moshe himself said, ‘Adonai will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You are to listen to everything he tells you. 23 Everyone who fails to listen to that prophet will be removed from the people and destroyed.’[b] 24 Indeed, all the prophets announced these days, starting with Sh’mu’el and continuing through all who followed.
25 “You are the sons of the prophets; and you are included in the covenant which God made with our fathers when he said to Avraham, ‘By your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’[c] 26 So it is to you first that God has sent his servant whom he has raised up, so that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your evil ways.”

Dear Avi,

HOLY HOLY HOLY are YOU O GOD Almighty! I lift up to you all things concerning me because YOU said do not worry but pray in all circumstances giving thanks already for answered prayers. So Abba, Let YOUR Kingdom come let YOUR will be done unto all of us here on earth as it is in heaven. Give us YOUR WORD O GOD our Daily Bread and please provide for all our needs. Forgive us all our sins as we forgive those that have wronged us YOUR grace enables us to forgive. Do not lead us to testings and tribulations but deliver us from all evil O GOD. Deliver us from all evil. Cover us with the blood of YESHUA and put on us the full armor of GOD, all those I am praying for, my family, my husband and his family, me, Arlene and Shanyn, their families, Shameine, Julie, Diane and all her family, Pastor Cez and his family, healing for Pastor Jonah and his family, Pastor Carlos Gulane and his family. I pray for salvation to all those around me who are blinded with religion, I pray that YOU awaken their spirits O GOD let YOUR will be done in their lives. O GOD, open our hearts to see the truth. LORD, help us each day to live for YOU and walk in the truth. Let YOUR Truth prevail in my family and in the lives of those around me. Let the truth prevail O GOD my GOD. For YOURS is the glory, the honor, power and praise! Only YOU alone are wrothy of our utmost devotion and love!

Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach, Amen!