From Rabbi...
Psalm {63:1} "A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water."
Ellen and I can certainly attest that during the long hot summer months Israel is a dry and thirsty land. There is no rain from Passover (April-May), until Sukkot (October-November) Even in the winter when it normally rains, the Negev (wilderness of Judah), where David hid out much of the time when King Saul was pursuing to kill him, gets very little rain.
What is so beautiful about this Psalm is how David is comparing the longing of the land for rain to water it, to his longing for the Lord to water his soul. It is not unusual for us with all the struggles life brings our way for us to experience dry and thirsty souls that long for God to pour His rain into. At dry times in our lives it is not unusual to feel like God is not there, that He does not hear us or see what we are going through; we are spiritually parched and we are longing for refreshing.
Isaiah {55:1} "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."
There is a refreshing well of salvation just waiting for us to drink from and that well will not only revive our thirsty souls it will save them; we just need to come to it. That well is Messiah Yeshua. Yeshua said:
John {4:14} "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
From Ellen...
When Jack and I pray we of course wait on the Holy Spirit to guide and instruct us how to pray BUT…there are many things we include almost in every prayer time. One very important statement is, "Lord we command in the mighty name of Yeshua that no fear, no intimidation and no deception fall upon us!" I have a warning because the devil considers all of us his dinner and we continually need to fight him. He is a toothless lion roaming around ready to devour anyone that would leave a door open in their lives. 2 John says plainly in this short but wonderfully profound book. Verses 4 through 11 is necessary reading right now…don't procrastinate on this one because you too could be a meal for the evil one in an instant…
2 John {1:4} "I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Messiah Yeshua as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an anti-Messiah. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Messiah does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Messiah has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds."
Hallelujah! However, my favorite verse is (12) "Having many things to write to you, we did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but we hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full." AMEN!
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Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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