grafted in and on the journey

Hi and Shalom! Today is Monday December 19, and the title of this post, is from a current song being played both on Messianic on line services and some Evangelical Christian stations here in North America, by author singer Paul Wilbur. -You can hear the song title, Praise Adonai, Paul Wilbur, by typing it and the word Youtube, in your search engine than select to listen. The advisement, praise Adonai which is one of God's descriptive names, coincides with these Holy Days and is a practical manner in which to express loyalty and dedication to God as His son or daughter. We like to convey love, loyalty and praise to those we love. Before getting consumed by "Christmas" consider the original one which was Hanukkah or Chanukkah, see pasted from Bereans on line which will conclude post. Kevud Yehoveh, His presence accompany us today and always. Chanukkah This week, at sunset on December 20, we begin the eight day feast of Chanukkah. Although in is not directly mentioned in th...

Hi and shalom! In my corner of the world it has felt much like fall this past week with temperatures between 40-60 and we have had plenty of preciptation.. April flowers here have brought May showers. I wanted to share a recent bit of wisdom with you from a weekly called Bereans On Line. This will help you with your journey today or any day. Kevud Yehoveh, His presence be with us today! The resource from which the following is quoted, is a part of the Talmud which also contains a quote we use for this blog in the intro/welcome. Ben Azzai would say, “Run to pursue a minor mitzvah, and flee from a transgression. For a mitzvah brings another mitzvah, and a transgression brings another transgression. For the reward of a mitzvah is a mitzvah, and the reward of transgression is transgression.” m.Pirkei Avot 4:2 I am often asked how we can motivate ourselves to obedience when we don’t quite feel like it. Ben Azzai gives us the secret: take one step at a time. Each commandment that we obey, ...

Hi and shalom! Today is Friday May 27, and for those living in the US may I express regards to you for a blessed Memorial Day weekend. We have been considering the Daily Amidah the last several posts for the most part, and blessings 10-15 are concerned with prayers for National Israel. We as believers are responsible to pray not only for the peace of Israel but our country as well and the world at large. These are shared from the site hebrew4christians.com. Blessing Fifteen David's Kingdom In this blessing, appeal is made for the "branch of David" to arise and bring about Israel's salvation (Yeshua). We believe that Yeshua of Nazareth is indeed the promised and only legitimate Jewish Messiah. May the seed of David, Your servant, flourish speedily, and may You exalt in your salvation. For in Your salvation do we hope all the day. Blessed are You O Lord, who brings forth the horn of Your salvation. Blessing Sixteen Acceptance of Prayer Kabbalat Tefillah Hear our v...

Hi and shalom! Today is Monday May 9 and we today will feature blessings nine and ten from the Daily Amidah. See previous posts for previous blessings and such. Blessing Nine Birkat HaShanim - blessing for prosperity This is an appeal for a prosperous year and perhaps for us timely in llieu of the flooding ravaging home land in the southern USA. Bless for us Adonai our God, this year and its crops. Grant us a blessing on the earth. Satisfy us from Thy bounty and our year like other good years. Blessing Ten Kibbutz galuyot Ingathering of the exiles Appeal is made to the Lord to return the Jews from the afflictions of Galut. Sound the great shofar for our freedom and raise a banner to gather our exiles and unite us together from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are You O Lord who gathers the scattered of His people Ysrael. Misapplied Terminology The main line church this time of year ignores the 50-day passage of time from Passover to Pentecost as a time from moving from sl...

Hi and shalom! Today we are returning to the prayers which make up the Daily Amidah, see previous posts. I am taking these from the web site Hebrew4christians.com Amidah Blessing Five teshuvah (repentance This functions as a prayer to return to the Lord and His Torah. Return us Our Father to your Torah; draw us near our King to serve You. Restore us to Your presence in complete repentance. Blessed are you O Lord who desires repentance. Amidah Blessing Six selichah (forgiveness) Forgive us Our Father for we have sinned; Pardon us Our King for we have rebelled; for You are a pardoner and a forgiver. Blessed are You, Lord the Gracious one who abundantly forgives. Kevud Yehoveh, His presence accompany you today. Mellow Roc

Hi and shalom, Today is March 30 and I first need to correct word usage in my last post. I was describing the Biblical book of Hebrews course I am taking and meant it is not for the nebbish, I had neffish. Oops, still make mistakes at age ... This next item, Four Stages of Love, I heard referenced on the radio show, New Life Live, show date March 29, 2011 can be accessed at www.oneplace.com, go to link, all ministries. Stage 4 is something to strive for, but the commentator felt most of us are at stages 1 or 2. Here is a concise descriptive. Christianity's ancient writers often described how people mature in faith. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote about this in "Four Degrees of Love," as he described the stages of Christian love: Love of Self for Self's Sake; Love of God for Self's Sake; Love of God for God's Sake, and Love of Self for God's Sake. The other day someone named Arlein sent this and thank her for the reminder. Two things are hard on the heart:...

Hi and shalom! Today is Tuesday February 8. I received word this morning that Bible teacher Dwight A Pryor went into eternity this past Shabbat after suffering some time from physical illness. He leaves the body of believers a legacy of teaching, family who follow in his teaching career, and am posting this rather lengthy article by him to encourage our journey of teaching, learning and obedience. You may learn more of his ministry by visiting www.jcstudies.com Highly recommend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- His Presence accompany us today. May you glean from the article presented here. THE HIGHEST FORM OF WORSHIP By Dwight A. Pryor "Thirty minutes on your knees in prayer is time better spent than three hours of study in a book." Maybe you have heard Christians make a statement like this. Or worse, perhaps you have said it to yourself, or at least thought it! Fear not, you are surrounded by a "multitude of witnesses....

Hi and shalom, There is some wisdom to be considered from Jewish Thought of the Day www.simpletoremember.com I agree with the author, comments welcomed by and from you! How did we get transparent cells in our eyeballs but nowhere else? What’s on the other side of the end of the Universe? If you have to keep off the grass, how do the “Keep off the Grass” signs get there? What’s in a name? How does an aspirin know if you have a headache or you banged your knee? Why do fools fall in love? How do you “get an idea”? What’s the difference between rigorous and vigorous? What’s the difference between flammable and inflammable? Which REALLY tastes better – Alpo or Purina (and what’s the difference)? To be or not to be? Why aren’t babies born with a full set of teeth that come as standard equipment like fingers and toes? What’s the margin of error of a margin of error? After we reach the end of days, who’s gonna know? Where’s the beef? There are so many things I don’t know, I don’t even know wha...

Hi and shalom! Today is February 1, happy month to all reading! I think my inner eyes are going to be opened to a few realities this month which are going by faith in our Messiah, to call for me to exercise the title of our post which is from the song, Calling All Angels. Within my family there are a couple issues that are going to need a lot of love, tough love maybe, and in the work place cooperation through times of changing technology which to my thinking aint broke so why tweak it.. On the faith front, I was recently challenged to perhaps broaden my view of the middle East a bit, and was made aware of an organization that seeks reconciliation of Israeli/Palestinian peoples through faith first and foremost in the Messiah, and practically works with the day to day issues between those peoples. I will say the main-line church tends to have it bacward, efforts plus a little faith equals co-existence. How about faith resulting in effort equals coexistence, dear church leaders? Here i...

Hi and shalom! Today is Wednesday January 26 and this date holds special significance for me. Over a decade ago, my wife and I adopted our son and daughter who are now embarking on young adulthood having graduated from high school last Spring. Today too is the birthday of my mom. She went to eternity late November after short-term illness but her memory lives on in her husband and 5 children. This week the devotion I subscribe to, Praying the Names of God, is talking about Yeshua being the great physician. MD, psychiatrist, therapist, Rabbi all rolled into His character. As I consider my journey today and possibly yours too, these words by the author may offer a nudge to both of us. May the Kevod of Yehovah be with us today. (presence of God). The next time you pray for healing, why not go out on a limb? Admit to yourself and to Christ just how desperate you are for him to touch you, body and soul. Then tell Jesus you believe in his power to heal you. Stop hedging your bets and quali...

Hi and shalom! Today is Sunday January 23, or if you like, 01-23.. Temperatures are very wintery in my part of blog land, low teens but feels more like 0 or slightly below. Before we get to our Hebraic roots nugget this time, I would like to ask those who have chosen to follow my blog to consider leaving a comment, or sending a short note. I cannot communicate with you directly, but want you to know your choice to follow is truly appreciated and encouraging. This year,as personal study, I am going through the chapter by chapter commentary from torah class.com on the books Genesis through Deuteronomy in the Bible. Here is a nugget from the lesson discussing Exodus chapter 17, where the wilderness sojourners are complaining for lack of water. Reference is made to a similar complaint posed 2 chapters previously. His presence (kevod Yehovah) accompany us today. Back in chapter 15, we see Israel grumbling and in need of water. Moses brings them to a spring, an oasis that, in its natural ...