Shalom Mishpocha,

 

First, we want to thank you for your support, not just financially, but your love and prayers as well.  We know that this has been a rough year for all of us, yet we are more than conquerors through Messiah Yeshua.

 

(1Co 15:50 TLV)  Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.

(1Co 15:51 TLV)  Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—

(1Co 15:52 TLV)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last shofar. For the shofar will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

(1Co 15:53 TLV)  For this corruptible must put on incorruptibility , and this mortal must put on immortality.

(1Co 15:54 TLV)  But when this corruptible will have put on incorruptibility and this mortal will have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

(1Co 15:55 TLV)  “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

(1Co 15:56 TLV)  Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Torah.

(1Co 15:57 TLV)  But thanks be to God, who keeps giving us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah!

(1Co 15:58 TLV)  Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

 

We all have had our battles, there is no believer who is exempt from spiritual warfare, but He has told us to be strong in Him and the power of His MIGHT, not our might, but His Might.

(Eph 6:10 AMP+)  In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.

 

We may not have everything we want, but He will provide all our NEEDS, in our ministry, our families and in what He has called us to do for His Kingdom.  We must keep our minds on Him and what He has called us each to do.

(Php 4:19 TLV)  My God will fulfill every need of yours according to the riches of His glory in Messiah Yeshua.

 

(Isa 26:3 TLV)  You keep in perfect peace/shalom one whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

(Isa 26:4 TLV)  Trust in Adonai forever, for the LORD Adonai is a Rock of ages.

 

(Php 4:8 AMP+)  Finally, N1believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God's word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].

 

What a privilege it is to serve Him, to be loved by Him in Messiah Yeshua.  At times, the enemy would have us think that we are losing the battle, but he is a liar, everyday that we walk with Abba and Messiah Yeshua we are defeating the Kingdom of hasatan.  We need to continually thank Him daily, for everyday that we can serve His Kingdom.

 

(Isa 40:31 AMP+)  But those who wait for the LORD [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired. [Heb_12:1-3]

 

(Heb 12:1 AMP+)  Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of N1witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God's absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,

(Heb 12:2 AMP+)  [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, N1disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work]. [Psa_110:1]

(Heb 12:3 AMP+)  Just consider and meditate on Him who endured from sinners such bitter hostility against Himself [consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

 

The Father knows all the tests and trials you have endured, and He has not forgotten your labor of love for His Kingdom

(Heb 6:10 AMP+)  For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God's people), as you do.

(Heb 6:11 AMP+)  And we desire for each one of you to show the same diligence [all the way through] so as to realize and enjoy the full assurance of hope until the end,

(Heb 6:12 AMP+)  so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.

 

He sees every tear you have shed for your family, for the lost and the test and trials you have endured for the sake of the Gospel/Besorah of Messiah

(Psa 126:5 TLV)  Those who sow in tears will reap with a song of joy.

(Psa 126:6 TLV)  Whoever keeps going out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will surely come back with a song of joy, carrying his sheaves.

 

 

What a privileged it is to be His Servant and that He has called us for such a time as this! 

(Est 4:13 CJB)  asked them to give Ester this answer: "Don't suppose that merely because you happen to be in the royal palace you will escape any more than the other Jews.

(Est 4:14 CJB)  For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."

 

We all have a calling and purpose, and as a Community we are stronger when we unite in His plans and purposes vs individually.  That is the purpose of Community…

(Ecc 4:9 TLV)  Two are better than one, because they get a good return for their effort.

(Ecc 4:10 TLV)  For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion. But oy to the one who falls and has no one to lift him up!

(Ecc 4:11 TLV)  Furthermore, if two lie together, then they will be warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

 

We need to fight the distractions that take us away from His plan for our lives in the coming year 2023/5783 and be committed to walking in obedience to His calling and His purpose for our lives.  We need to prepare ourselves for the Wedding Feast of Messiah Yeshua.  Things may be getting darker, but we are walking in the light and have a great eternal future to look forward to as we serve Him faithfully in the years, He has allotted us in this life.  Everyday is a new beginning in Him and we need to draw even closer to Him and one another in the days to come and seek first His kingdom, then all things will be added unto us that we need to fulfill what He has called us to do, for HIS IS FAITHFUL.

(Mat 6:25 AMP+)  "Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? [Luk_12:22-31]

(Mat 6:26 AMP+)  Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?

(Mat 6:27 AMP+)  And who of you by worrying can add one N1hour to [the length of] his life? [Psa_39:5-7]

(Mat 6:28 AMP+)  And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies and wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing],

(Mat 6:29 AMP+)  yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these. [1Ki_10:4-7]

(Mat 6:30 AMP+)  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

(Mat 6:31 AMP+)  Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?'

(Mat 6:32 AMP+)  For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

(Mat 6:33 AMP+)  But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right--the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.

(Mat 6:34 AMP+)  "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

 

Guard your hearts and your minds, sift everything you hear through His Word as the final authority because there is a lot of deception and the enemy wants to plant seeds of doubt in our minds, but when we make His Word the final authority we will not be led astray by false teachings.  We need to draw close to Him and keep Him first place in our hearts and minds and be His faithful followers.  We are never alone because He has promised never to leave us nor forsake us, our family and friends might forsake us because of the stand we take for His truth, but He has promised to give us a spiritual family in Him

(Heb 13:5 TLV)  Keep your lifestyle free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you,”

(Heb 13:6 TLV)  so that with confidence we say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What will man do to me?”

 

(Mar 10:29 TLV)  “Amen, I tell you,” Yeshua replied, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for My sake and for the sake of the Good News,

(Mar 10:30 TLV)  who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and property, along with persecutions; and in the olam ha-ba, eternal life.

(Mar 10:31 TLV)  But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

 

From the Heart of The Father

Shalom in Yeshua our Messiah, Our King, Our Lord 

His Servants

Rabbin Deborah and M'shareth Scott Brandt

Rabbin Deborah and M’shareth/Minister Scott