Sagittarius Mid-October 2022

Sally just happened to be there when the crime took place on Valentine’s Day at her church. She had arrived at the couples’ fellowship. She was early enough to find a good seat and wait for her husband Bill to arrive from his job…

A sparkling white dove floated down leaving a trail of sunbeams in its flight. Its wings were spread out and its eyes showed a determination to bring a urgent message of love from Jesus Christ. The dove transcended the dimensions of the earthly realm and ignited into tiny lights. Lights of knowledge for all of God’s children. Understanding they would not have found without the whisper of God’s voice.

Bombs exploded across the night sky lighting up the world with hot fiery bursts of red. A loud sonic boom awakened the sleeping people to the reality of war. Fear perpetrated the hearts of those who were not prepared. Horror lined the faces of those who survived the first attack. Terror overwhelmed their thoughts because it was only a matter of time and their lives would soon be over.

Activate the law of attraction by blessing your bills! These simple practices can transform the activity of paying bills into a spiritual practice of circulating money with gratitude and joy.

On Chanukah, there is a special Maftir reading. When a person moves into a new home or when a shul moves, there is a tradition of holding what is known as a Chanukas ha Bais, dedication or inauguration of the house. So a discussion about Chanukas ha Bais is especially apt during Chanukah.

With so much said and written these days about Pesach, with all of us so focused on ridding our homes of bread, I’d like to tell you today about a different, albeit related topic, that has important messages involving derech eretz. I’m going to tackle the difficult topic of the Metzora.

Nechemyah was a powerful leader and influential adviser in the Persian government. He advised Darius, King of Persia, who Jewish tradition identifies as the son of Ahasuerus through Esther, which makes Darius, halachically Jewish.

Shehechiyanu, v’keeamunu v’higeanu lazman haze. We say this blessing upon experiencing the joy of reaching a new season in life, upon eating a new fruit, inheriting a large sum of money, purchasing a new article of clothing, or when doing a mitzva that comes only once a year.

Many Christian families today experience their kids, relatives and friends only contacting them on the holidays, or only when they want or need something from them. Some of us tend to have this same type of relationship with Jesus and our Father in heaven.

I want to, but I am so busy with other things. I want to, but I have more important things to do. I want to, but who cares anyways. I want to, but I can’t. Have we ever stated any one of these phrases in our lives to ourselves or to others? If and when we have used any of these statements in our lives, did we feel Empowered? Did we feel Relieved? Did we feel Strong? Did we feel loved? Or just the opposite. We felt Weak, Confused, Angry, Distant, Dis-empowered, Distrusting and so on.

The born again man, or spirit man is spotless in the eyes of God, but our outward man has to be renewed, and reprogrammed to think and act like the Word of God says to think and act. God looks at our heart and sees things that no one else sees. He knows what we are thinking and the motives of our heart, and these things do matter to Him…