Rosh Hashanah

“The LORD said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites:  'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.’ ’ ”

Leviticus 23:23-24

In Leviticus 23:1, God spoke to Moses, “…These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies .” The rest of the chapter describes the seven feasts. Tonight begins the fifth of the seven Jewish feasts - Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets, the Jewish New Year! Rosh Hashanah means “head of the year.” It is the first day of the 10 Days of Awe, the days of repentance that conclude with the highest holy day of the year, Yom Kippur. It is celebrated on the first day of the Jewish month of Tishri.

In sessions 9 and 10 of the Bible study Jesus Lives, I teach in more detail about the seven feasts. God has told the story of Messiah and the story of the Jewish people through these feasts. For example, the Passover feast was a shadow of Jesus dying on the cross as the Passover Lamb, and the Feast of Weeks was fulfilled when the Holy Spirit came to indwell in man. Colossians 2:16-17 says, “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.”

Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets is a day of sounding the trumpets throughout the land of Israel. It is the only feast that occurs on the first day of the month at the New Moon when the moon is dark and only a thin crescent. All of the other Jewish holidays occur later in their months when the moon is bright. The trumpets were blown in Israel for specific purposes. The shofar, a ram’s horn, was sounded for the gathering of the Israelites. The shofar sounded a battle alarm. The shofar was also sounded to proclaim the inauguration of a king. At this feast, the shofar was blown to call the people to attention.

These trumpets begin the Days of Awe which last 10 days. Between the Feast of Trumpets and the sixth feast were 10 days. The books recording the deeds of people were reviewed by God. Each person stood accountable to Him. The Day of Judgment, Yom Kippur, was at the end of the 10 days.

It was a time of internal evaluation. The Jewish people examined their hearts and outward acts. These 10 days allowed the Jewish people time to evaluate their lives and to return to God. The Days of Awe gave them time to return to a merciful God who was ready to forgive. They had to complete these repentant acts and make amends before the next feast. It was a time to awaken the people from their slumber and to alert them to the coming judgment. Today when they celebrate this feast, they will cast lint from their pockets or pebbles into water as a symbol of cleansing themselves from any sin.

When you study these feasts, you see how they are prophetic of the end times. The trumpet will sound to gather God’s people. The trumpet will sound to warn the evil one that God has sounded His battle alarm. The trumpet will announce the coming of Messiah and the coronation of Jesus the King. God will regather the Jewish people and bring Israel into repentance.  God will deliver the Jewish people.

While no man knows the day or the hour that Jesus will rapture the church, knowing that Messiah has fulfilled the first four feasts makes me wonder how the last three feasts will be fulfilled. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 says the rapture will occur at the sound of the shofar, “Listen, I tell you a mystery:  We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” While we are aware that Jesus can return any day of the year, and the calendars could be very different, yes, my friends and I who know our Jewish roots start to pray more fervently for our Lord’s return every Feast of Trumpets.

For you, my friend, are you ready for the Lord’s return? Are you a believer who has accepted Jesus as her Savior? If you are a believer, it is a good time for introspection. Ask God to show you any sin or give you the power to break a lifestyle of sin that you need to eliminate in your life. Let’s celebrate this feast and 10 Days of Awe by repenting and drawing nearer to God.

Pray with me:  Lord Jesus, come quickly!  We long for Your return.  On this Feast of Trumpets, we are reminded how we need to evaluate our lives.  We are each accountable before You for every word and every deed.  Pierce our hearts by Your Spirit, and may we be awakened from our slumber and sickened by our sin.  In the mighty Name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

God’s Pleasure

Every Tuesday, we get our verse of the week to meditate and memorize. I want to encourage you to keep trying to focus on just one verse for the week. If you stay determined, the Word will take root in your heart. If you have failed with some of the previous verses, don’t get discouraged and quit, but continue to press on. This spiritual discipline is worth pressing through our failure! So free yourself of guilt and let’s go! 

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)

I’ve been thinking about this verse for a long time. This verse simply says without faith there is no way that we will ever please God. It’s impossible. Our unbelief will make it impossible to please God. Now isn’t that something?  I might guess that it would be my continuous acts of sin, my inability to focus on eternal things, or the time that I waste. But these things are not what make it impossible to please Him. It’s my lack of faith. It’s your lack of faith.

Unbelief really gets to God. He has given us every reason to trust Him. He has created this world with its beauty and its order. Creation testifies that He is who He says He is and of His character. He has saved us from the lake of fire. He revealed Himself to the people of Israel and the prophets so we could know Him. Yet, we still don’t believe Him. He has given us great assurance of His loving care and intricate plan, but many of us don’t believe. 

What should we believe? I specifically chose this Scripture from NASB because it translates the Greek more accurately. Our usual version is NIV. In the NIV, it says, “because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists.” This word “exists” is not an accurate translation. The more accurate translation is that we must believe that He is, not that He exists. It is one thing to believe there is a God. It is another thing to believe the God of the Bible and to believe that He wants to be involved in Your life. Do you believe Him enough to trust Him with your life? Do you believe God?

For those of us who believe Him enough to seek Him, our belief pleases Him. He is thrilled that we believe Him against all odds, against all our senses, or maybe even against all logic. He rewards us for seeking Him. Honestly, no one can give a reward like He does. He created and owns it all. He knows the end from the beginning. He knows you and me inside and out for He created us. So His rewards are not dollar store trinkets. His rewards are eternal treasures personalized for our needs or maybe even for our enjoyment.

If there is one thing I think I can do well, it’s believing Him. Every day I study His Word, and I believe Him more. Every day, I seek Him because He is the truest desire of my heart. Is this true for you, too? Carry this verse with you wherever you go this week – be it written on an index card, recorded on your smartphone, or imprinted in your heart. Study it, pulverize it, and memorize it!

Memorization Reminders:

Please join me in memorizing these verses and implanting God’s thoughts into our minds. I’m expecting for God to radically change our lives if we do this. Redeem your time to make room for memorizing God’s Word. Take this verse with you wherever you go. Meditate on it, and pulverize it.

We are blessed to live in a time where we can have the Bible at our fingertips even through the internet or an actual Bible in our hands. Yet, this blessing can become a curse if we do not treat the Bible with such honor to savor every word of it as those through the centuries who have longed to have His Word so much. They had to memorize every Scripture they had ever been given because their own copy of the Scripture was not possible.

Most of us probably don’t memorize Scripture because we think that we do not have the time. However, our minds have a lot of wasted space that can be given to God. We have to redeem the time. For women, we can use the time while putting on our make-up or blow drying our hair. For men, use the time while shaving. For both genders, we can use the time while we shower, stop at red lights, do the laundry, wash the dishes, and mow the lawn. Let’s face it:  our minds are thinking about something during this time. Instead of being focused on our obsessions, worries, cares, to-do’s, and problems, give this time to God.

Take your verse(s) with you wherever you go. You can type your verse out and put it on beautiful sheets of your choice. You can write it out on index cards. Many people prefer index cards spiral bound to keep them together. For iphone users, I’m sure there is an app. You can write it on your iphone notepad or record your voice speaking it and replay it throughout the day.

Now that we have the verse and we have found the time, let’s focus on the method. We don’t just memorize it by saying it over and over; we meditate on it. We spend time thinking about what each word means and what it doesn’t mean. 

Then one of my favorite techniques as taught by Waylon Moore is to pulverize the verse. Say the verse over and over each time focusing on a different word in the verse to emphasize. For example, say Hebrews 11:6 (today’s verse) aloud and say with more umph the underlined and bolded word:

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)

Repeat this process until each word in the verse has been emphasized.

After meditating and pulverizing the verse continuously for a week, the seed planted in our hearts will begin to germinate. You and I will no longer be merely short-term memorizing, but the Word will dwell within us. When God’s Word dwells within us, something miraculous happens. Our minds are renewed and transformed into the mind of Christ. We worry and fret less. We are armed for the attacks of the enemy. Our lips will be full of praise for our God. My friend, I’m ready for that kind of transformation!

Breathe

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."

2 Timothy 3:16

"It is written: 'I believed; therefore I have spoken.' Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak."

2 Corinthians 4:13

All Scripture is God-breathed. This does not merely mean that God inspired the writers of the Bible. He breathed the Scriptures into being. The Bible is not merely good thoughts that came into man's mind, but rather the very words of God breathed into man to write down for all mankind.

When God created Adam, He breathed life into him. Genesis 2:7 tells us that God formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living being. This same breath brought to life your precious Bible that you hold. The Bible is the only book in the world that the author shows up every time it is read. The Holy Spirit is with you teaching and helping you to understand the things of God when you study His Word.

2 Corinthians 4:13 says, "It is written: 'I believed; therefore I have spoken.' Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak." The Greek word for spirit is pneuma which can also mean "breath." We have the same breath of faith. As I take God at His Word, I am inhaling His truth into my spirit, body, soul, and mind.

When we believe it enough to speak it and not merely think it, then we become dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. We are exhaling God's Word. Watch what you say over the next week. Are you speaking life-giving words, words of victory? Or do you speak complaining, pity-partying, and defeated words? We may have to renounce some evil things that we have attached to ourselves. We must take control of what we, who are created in the image of God, breathe into life.

When you go for a long time without studying God's Word, you are cutting off your air supply. Our power supply becomes drained. We must have the breath of life. It is God's CPR bringing us back to life!

I am absolutely convinced of the power of God's Word and the life that it breathes into me. I know when I've been cut off from my air supply. I know when I breathe more of Him in that I can't get enough because I feel more and more alive. My discernment and my wisdom astound me when I have been equipped by His life-giving Word. My spirit is stronger. Do you understand the life-giving force of God's Word? Have you experienced it for yourself? Have you seen your spirit become more alive?

Pray with me: Oh, Lord, we want Your life giving power. So, breathe on us. Give us Your energy and Your power. We make a daily choice to believe You. We believe Your Word. We believe You will act in our lives. We believe You are beyond our thoughts, and there is nothing common or ordinary about You. Take away our stale, hot air. Make us new! It's in the Name of the Coming King who will defeat His foes with the sword of His mouth, in Jesus' Name, Yeshua's Name, we pray. Amen.

Eyes on the Author and Perfecter

Every Tuesday, we get our verse of the week to meditate and memorize. I want to encourage you to keep trying to focus on just one verse for the week. If you stay determined, the Word will take root in your heart. If you have failed with some of the previous verses, don’t get discouraged and quit, but continue to press on. This spiritual discipline is worth pressing through our failure! So free yourself of guilt and let’s go!

Eyes on the Author and Perfecter

By Shirley Mitchell

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

We have been called to turn our eyes from other things and turn to Jesus. Our gaze is to be fixed. We are supposed to be so intent on following Him, serving Him, and knowing Him more and more that we would not dare to let our eyes drift to the tantalizing things of this world. Even with all the dazzle and glamour, the charms of this world won’t capture our eyes. We should only have eyes for Him. “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.”

Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith. Jesus is authored or originated our faith. Through the cross and His resurrection, He paid for our sins and redeemed us. We place our faith in what He did for us. Thus, He is the creator of our faith.

He is also the perfecter or the finisher of our faith. He makes our faith perfect. At the beginning of our salvation and walk with God our faith is baby faith. As we fix our eyes with Jesus and believe God enough to act of it, our faith grows. Every time we choose to believe God maybe even over our senses or over our logical brains our faith matures. God allows us to face tough days and rough seasons so He can mold and shape our faith into perfect maturity. When we commit our lives to Him and seek Him with everything, He loves us too much to leave us with weak faith or a weak vision of Him. Life’s most agonizing moments and darkest hours can become heaven’s finest eternal jewels when we choose God.

Our eyes are fixed on the One who endured the cross for us and bore its shame. He did it because He knew what was coming after the cross. He longed for us to experience the joy being with the Father. His Father and He shared much joy and He longed to share it with us.

After the cross, Jesus didn’t just disappear into the realms of heaven. Taking His place, He sat down at the right hand of God the Father. This is His rightful place. We can’t begin to imagine this scene in heaven going on right now. In heaven, the Father and Son who deeply love each other experience a joy that you and I have never known and only catch glimpses. In heaven, all creatures fix their gaze on their Creator and the One worthy of worship.

My friend, let’s make the conscious decision to choose God. Let’s fix our eyes on Him and remember how He endured the cross and bore its shame so He could sit down at the right hand of God. Carry this verse with you wherever you go this week – be it an index card or in your heart. Study it, pulverize it, and memorize it!

Memorization Reminders:

Please join me in memorizing these verses and implanting God’s thoughts into our minds. I’m expecting for God to radically change our lives if we do this. Redeem your time to make room for memorizing God’s Word. Take this verse with you wherever you go. Meditate on it, and pulverize it.

We are blessed to live in a time where we can have the Bible at our fingertips even through the internet or an actual Bible in our hands. Yet, this blessing can become a curse if we do not treat the Bible with such honor to savor every word of it as those through the centuries who have longed to have His Word so much. They had to memorize every Scripture they had ever been given because their own copy of the Scripture was not possible.

Most of us probably don’t memorize Scripture because we think that we do not have the time. However, our minds have a lot of wasted space that can be given to God. We have to redeem the time. For women, we can use the time while putting on our make-up or blow drying our hair. For men, use the time while shaving. For both genders, we can use the time while we shower, stop at red lights, do the laundry, wash the dishes, and mow the lawn. Let’s face it: our minds are thinking about something during this time. Instead of being focused on our obsessions, worries, cares, to-do’s, and problems, give this time to God.

Take your verse(s) with you wherever you go. You can type your verse out and put it on beautiful sheets of your choice. You can write it out on index cards. Many people prefer index cards spiral bound to keep them together. For iphone users, I’m sure there is an app. You can write it on your iphone notepad or record your voice speaking it and replay it throughout the day.

Now that we have the verse and we have found the time, let’s focus on the method. We don’t just memorize it by saying it over and over; we meditate on it. We spend time thinking about what each word means and what it doesn’t mean.

Then one of my favorite techniques as taught by Waylon Moore is to pulverize the verse. Say the verse over and over each time focusing on a different word in the verse to emphasize. For example, say Hebrews 12:2 (today’s verse) aloud and say with more umph the underlined and bolded word:

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

Repeat this process until each word in the verse has been emphasized.

After meditating and pulverizing the verse continuously for a week, the seed planted in our hearts will begin to germinate. You and I will no longer be merely short-term memorizing, but the Word will dwell within us. When God’s Word dwells within us, something miraculous happens. Our minds are renewed and transformed into the mind of Christ. We worry and fret less. We are armed for the attacks of the enemy. Our lips will be full of praise for our God. My friend, I’m ready for that kind of transformation!

On What is Unseen

Every Tuesday, we get our verse of the week to meditate and memorize. I want to encourage you to keep trying to focus on just one verse for the week. If you stay determined, the Word will take root in your heart. If you have failed with some of the previous verses, don’t get discouraged and quit, but continue to press on. This spiritual discipline is worth pressing through our failure! So free yourself of guilt and let’s go! 

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

 

When I first heard this verse through my children’s Upward cheerleading program at church, I thought these teachers were out of their minds if they thought that children could learn this tongue twisting verse. Plus what elementary school student could understand what it meant? But they provided a CD with the memorization verses to music and since I was on a quest to be “Supermom,” I played it for them. Eventually the tune stuck in my head and began to make sense of the song. When I understand what it meant, this verse became alive and precious to me.

 

As believers and followers of Jesus, we are called to fix our eyes not on what our human eyes alone can see. We are not to gaze on the momentary, temporary circumstances of our lives. What we see is temporary. The seen is only for a season of our lives. How many of us get caught into the temporary trappings of this life and forsake our birthright to live the full victorious Christian life with God? Our eyes get caught but the many choices so readily visible in front of us that beckon us. It takes great discernment and discipline to break free from the charm of what we can see.

 

However, we are to fix our eyes on what we cannot see. We have a high calling of faith. How many times in our lives are we going to be in a situation where we can say, “Lord, I can’t see what You are doing. I can’t see my way through these circumstances.” These are the biggest moments of our lives when we have to know that even though we can’t see how it will end well, we can’t see any kingdom fruit, we can’t see how this will benefit anyone, we can’t see any purpose – we have to know that even though we can’t see into the spiritual realms that our God has it all under control.

 

Let’s take this next week to mediate on this exhortation to us. If we do what this verse tells us, then I pray God will open our eyes to the world around us and the spiritual realm. May heaven look different because you and I lived this verse out. Carry this verse with you wherever you go this week – be it an index card or in your heart. Study it, pulverize it, and memorize it!

 

Memorization Reminders:

Please join me in memorizing these verses and implanting God’s thoughts into our minds. I’m expecting for God to radically change our lives if we do this. Redeem your time to make room for memorizing God’s Word. Take this verse with you wherever you go. Meditate on it, and pulverize it.

 

We are blessed to live in a time where we can have the Bible at our fingertips even through the internet or an actual Bible in our hands. Yet, this blessing can become a curse if we do not treat the Bible with such honor to savor every word of it as those through the centuries who have longed to have His Word so much. They had to memorize every Scripture they had ever been given because their own copy of the Scripture was not possible.

 

Most of us probably don’t memorize Scripture because we think that we do not have the time. However, our minds have a lot of wasted space that can be given to God. We have to redeem the time. For women, we can use the time while putting on our make-up or blow drying our hair. For men, use the time while shaving. For both genders, we can use the time while we shower, stop at red lights, do the laundry, wash the dishes, and mow the lawn. Let’s face it:  our minds are thinking about something during this time. Instead of being focused on our obsessions, worries, cares, to-do’s, and problems, give this time to God.

 

Take your verse(s) with you wherever you go. You can type your verse out and put it on beautiful sheets of your choice. You can write it out on index cards. Many people prefer index cards spiral bound to keep them together. For iphone users, I’m sure there is an app. You can write it on your iphone notepad or record your voice speaking it and replay it throughout the day.

 

Now that we have the verse and we have found the time, let’s focus on the method. We don’t just memorize it by saying it over and over; we meditate on it. We spend time thinking about what each word means and what it doesn’t mean. 

 

Then one of my favorite techniques as taught by Waylon Moore is to pulverize the verse. Say the verse over and over each time focusing on a different word in the verse to emphasize. For example, say 2 Corinthians 4:18 (today’s verse) aloud and say with more umph the underlined and bolded word:

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18 

 

Repeat this process until each word in the verse has been emphasized.

 

After meditating and pulverizing the verse continuously for a week, the seed planted in our hearts will begin to germinate. You and I will no longer be merely short-term memorizing, but the Word will dwell within us. When God’s Word dwells within us, something miraculous happens. Our minds are renewed and transformed into the mind of Christ. We worry and fret less. We are armed for the attacks of the enemy. Our lips will be full of praise for our God. My friend, I’m ready for that kind of transformation!

Copyright ©2011 Christ Compels Ministry

Face Our Fears

“You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.”

2 Chronicles 20:17

Victoria and Cousin Sarah Rose played on the same soccer team together when Victoria was in the first grade. Their team was called the Express, and they were just adorable running in the pack of girls after the soccer ball. I will admit most of their time was spent chasing the pack that chased the ball.

At the end of the season, my sister Linda drove both girls to the awards ceremony for all of the teams. Linda was trying to calm Sarah’s fears about the ceremony. Sarah was not happy when her mother told her they were going to have to walk across a stage to get their trophy. Stage fright overwhelmed Sarah. She was petrified and began to express her terror over and over to her mother.

When Linda pulled into the parking space at the church and opened the door for the girls to get out of the van, Victoria said something that was so profound. Now Victoria could not pronounce her “r’s.” So this is closer to what she said bravely, “Come on, Sawah, let’s go face our feaws.”

To their horror, they were the only two from their team who came to the ceremony even though their team had a winning season. Well, Sarah’s talk of fear had an effect on Victoria. When the pastor of the church called their names, neither girl wanted to step forward to take her trophy. Somehow Victoria gathered enough courage to step forward, but Sarah didn’t move. So Victoria just yanked Sarah up with her.

While there was no vast army coming against the two girls, it reminded me of King Jehoshaphat when the men from Edom and the other side of the Dead Sea came against him. He faced his fear. Jehoshaphat’s first move was to cry out to God. He knew his God was the God in heaven, and He ruled over all nations. Power and might were in His hand, and no one could withstand Him. He knew God’s promises to the people of Israel that if they obeyed Him, then He would deliver them should enemies attack them. He said, “We do not know what to do, but we fix our eyes on You.”

Then the Spirit of the Lord spoke to Jahaziel. He told the people to not be afraid or discouraged for the battle was the Lord’s. The people didn’t have to fight in the battle. They just had to fix their eyes on God, take their positions, stand firm, and see God’s deliverance. They had to face their fears and trust God.

I hope you caught that Jehoshaphat knew God’s promises to His people. He merely believed what God had said. The people had obeyed and followed God. If you and I keep walking with God and obeying Him, then we will have battles that are clearly His, and joy of participation will come through facing our fears and trusting our God for deliverance. So if Victoria could encourage us today she might say something like “My fwiend, we must face our feaws, fix ouw eyes on God, and stand fiwm. He will delivew us! Twust Him!”

Pray with me: Oh, God, we believe You. We believe that You will deliver us. You will not abandon us or forsake us. You will not desert us in our time of need. We have not outsinned Your mercy, love, and forgiveness. Infuse us with courage to face our fears. We desire to live victorious Christian lives that bring You glory and honor. It’s in the Name above all names, in Jesus’ Name, Yeshua’s Name, we pray. Amen.