1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and ye shall serve the Lord your God, 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: and he shall bless thy bread and thy water, and 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: I will take sickness away from the midst of thee 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: Exodus twenty three, twenty five. Dear God, thank you for 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: creating a purpose for my life. I lift my soul 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: to you and ask that you would bless me to day. 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Fill my heart with the gladness of your presence. I 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: pray that my life would glorify you in every way. 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Help me always to be thankful for the people that 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: you have placed into my life. Allow my heart to 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: be full of your light and love. May the guidance 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: and appreciation that I have for the people in my 13 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: life always be shown through my words and actions. Amen. 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to to day's daily prayer for 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: more inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: stay tuned to Pray Dot COB's Sunday service. 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: Hogsham Mayach. Some of you are wondering what is hogsham Mayach. 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: It means happy holiday because we are right now in 19 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 2: the season of the most joyous celebration in the Hebrew calendar. 20 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 2: We're in the midst, beloved of the feast of Sekote 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: or the Feast of Tabernacles. This is a time, honey, 22 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: where we are commanded to rejoice before the Lord for 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: seven days. 24 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 3: Yes, it's exciting, and I'm excited because right now we're 25 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: outdoor in the wilderness, just like the children of Israel 26 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 3: were when they had to build their sookas, they had 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: to build their huts that they were in to survive 28 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 3: out there in the wilderness. And so we're experiencing what 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: the forefathers experience. We're experiencing looking up into the sky 30 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: and looking for God Almighty and all of his provision 31 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 3: at this time. 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: Yes, I know what are the beautiful phrases that we 33 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: say to each other during this time, Honey, is sakkat shalom, 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: which yes, it means carries the concept of being under 35 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: God shelter, being in His tabernacle. And so I say 36 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: to everyone today sakachchialon, may you feel safe under God shelter, 37 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: under the tabernacle of His wings. I think that this 38 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: program today will help us be reminded of how great 39 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: God is and who He is to you and I 40 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: all of us that are in covenant relationship with Him. 41 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: God bless you from Cynthia and I today. We love 42 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 2: you most importantly, God loves you. Shell alone. Welcome baruha 43 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: bab a shema de I welcome in the name of 44 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: the Lord. I am in a spot right now. I 45 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: wish you could be here. I'm in the deep forest 46 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 2: of Colorado. In fact, I got some survival training here, 47 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: and the guy that I brought over here from the 48 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: Survival Expert company, he said this was one of the 49 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 2: most pure forests ever seen in his life, like the 50 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: trees are so healthy. And what I wanted to do. 51 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: I wanted him to train me how to survive in 52 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: the wilderness alone. And one of the primary things I 53 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: was concerned about was getting lost up in the mountains 54 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 2: and being able to find my way out, because that 55 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: actually happened to me one time. Cynthia and I were 56 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 2: together in the forest here and Cynthia was reading and 57 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: just looking to the Lord, probably reading the Bible, and 58 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: I told her I was just going to walk off 59 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: a little bit in the distance. So I walked off 60 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: away from her about one hundred yards or less, and 61 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: I was completely turned around as to what the way 62 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: back was to her. I mean, every place looked the same, 63 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: I said, to myself. When I left, Oh, I just 64 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 2: walked towards that mountain peak. But after I walked off 65 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: into the forest for about one hundred yards and you're 66 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: just surrounded by trees everywhere. I went to find the 67 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: peak of the mountain to walk back, and I realized 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 2: I was surrounded by mountains everywhere, so I didn't know 69 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: what peak it was. So I hired this survival training 70 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: guide to train me how to find my way out 71 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: of the forest, and he gave me a few pointers. 72 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: But still you need the grace of God to find 73 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: your way out of here. But one of the cool 74 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: things that we did do together was we built this 75 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: primitive shelter behind me. We actually built this by scratch. 76 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: All we had was a handsaw, me and my coo. 77 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 2: We basically did all the hard work, cut down the 78 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 2: trees and hauled the trees up the mountain, up the hills, 79 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: and this training expert he did a lot of the assembling. 80 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: We helped them, but together we built this. I was 81 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 2: thinking about three days or less, and we slept in here. 82 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 2: Cynthia slept in here with me, and I just love 83 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: being in the forest because it kind of recalibrates your system. 84 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 2: If you think about this, we were created from the 85 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: dust of the earth, right, I mean for we were 86 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: created out of dust, got formed atom out of dust, 87 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: and to dust we return. So we're actually part of 88 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 2: the earth, like the Earth is in our system. But 89 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: today we're so separated from the earth that we're a 90 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: part of. And one of the biggest challenges is that 91 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 2: we're always like on rubber soles on our shoes or 92 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 2: sitting in houses with carpet on them, so we're no 93 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 2: longer grounded to the earth. So there's a movement. I'm 94 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: not endorsing this, but I do think it's really interesting 95 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: and cool. It's called the grounding movement, and it's backed 96 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: by some people with some really incredible testimonies. We're basically 97 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: what they do is they spend time just like walking 98 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 2: barefoot on the earth, and they're saying that it recalibrates 99 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: their system to be grounded to the bigger universe that 100 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 2: they're a part of because we're from the earth. So 101 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 2: I love being outside. I love what God does for 102 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 2: me when I'm outside. And here's an application. Thank you 103 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: for listening to me. Just share a little bit about 104 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 2: my story and my excitement of being outside. But here's 105 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 2: an application, sincerely, powerfully for all of us. What I 106 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 2: have found is that when especially when I'm feeling just 107 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: really just like oppressed, like I just have so many 108 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: responsibilities sometimes, like we all do, we're dealing with just 109 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 2: stuff in life, all the things we have to deal with, 110 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 2: relationships and soday as. I find that when I'm really 111 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: feeling oppressed or just feeling really just anxious or not 112 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 2: well inside, if I go outside and just completely focus 113 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 2: on the majesty and the vast beauty and glory of 114 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: God's creation, here's the key. It brings me out of 115 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: myself to focus on God's glory and God's beauty, and 116 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: it completely recalibrates my system. And I share that with you, beloved, 117 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 2: because this is true for all of us. We can 118 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: get trapped in our own tiny worlds, and our worlds 119 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: are important, and we can't help but be affected by 120 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 2: the little worlds that we live in. I mean, you've 121 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 2: got your world, I've got my world. We've all got 122 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: our stuff going on. We've all got our family issues, 123 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: our health issues, our responsibilities, our work, and we can 124 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 2: get really, you know, just pressed down and compressed into 125 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 2: all that and it can cause us to really feel, 126 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: you know, anxious inside. I find when I step out 127 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: of my own world and focus on God's glory and beauty, 128 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: I'm brought into something so much bigger than myself. And 129 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: I've literally had situations where I've gone out, for example, 130 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 2: onto the water when i was feeling really just oppressed, 131 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: spend some time a few hours on the water, and 132 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,559 Speaker 2: when I got back beloved from being on the water, 133 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 2: there wasn't a thing you could have done or said 134 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: that could have upset me. I was so relaxed, my 135 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,239 Speaker 2: spirit was so free, and it taught me the lesson 136 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 2: that when we focus on God, when we focus on 137 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: God's majesty and his glory, it brings us out of 138 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: ourselves and it recalibrates us and brings us into Shlloam. 139 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: Today we're focusing on the Feast of Sekote or the 140 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: Feast of Tabernacles, and one of the things that the 141 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: children of Israel had to do during the Feast of 142 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: Secote or the Feast of Tabernacles, that we celebrate as 143 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: Jewish people each year for seven days during the seventh 144 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,599 Speaker 2: month on God's Hebrew calendar, called the month of Tishree, 145 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 2: is we live in booze for seven days. And that's 146 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 2: why I was kind of thinking of my primitive shelter here, 147 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: because it kind of reminds me of a sook or 148 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: a temporary shelter similar to what the children of Israel 149 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 2: lived in when they were in the wilderness. And I 150 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 2: know you'll see some pictures on the screen of some 151 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 2: of the sukahs or secota in plural that Israel or 152 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 2: Jewish people built today, living them for seven days. It 153 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 2: reminds us that when we have nothing in life, God 154 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: will still provide. Because when the children of Israel live 155 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: in these temporary structures, these temporary dwelling places, these se 156 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: cote or a singularska each year for seven days, they 157 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: are reminded of how when they were in the wilderness, 158 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 2: beloved and they had nothing but God. They had no medicine, 159 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: they had no doctors, they had no money, they were 160 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 2: in the winters, they had no food, they had zero zilch. 161 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 2: But you know what, God came through and provided for 162 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: his children. And He does the same still today for 163 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 2: you and I, for everyone that is truly in covenant 164 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: with Him and walking in dependence upon Him and honoring him. 165 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: With our hearts and our lives. God is yahweh Uath, 166 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: the Lord our Provider, and so celebrating the Feast of 167 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: Tabernacles every year for both Jewish people and gentile Christians 168 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: that have been grafted into a relationship with the God 169 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 2: of Israel through Messaii Yashua of Nazareth, we too have 170 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: that promise from yahweh Uad, the Lord our Provider, that 171 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: even when we're in a wilderness experience in life, even 172 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: beloved one, if you or I lost everything, you know what, 173 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 2: And this is so freeing to realize this God would 174 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 2: come through and provide for us, just like he did 175 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 2: the children of Israel in the wilderness. Let me read 176 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: a bit from the Toruh now where we read about 177 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 2: this special sacred day. I'm in the twenty third chapter 178 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 2: of the Book of Leviticus, we call Heatprouakra. I'm going 179 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: to read verse thirty nine forty and forty two. The 180 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 2: grass withers and the flowers fade. But my beloved brother 181 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: and sister, the word of the Lord abides forever, and 182 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 2: it will never He will never fail you. Hear the 183 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: word of God. On exactly the fifteenth day of the 184 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of 185 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 2: the land, you shall celebrate the feasts of the Lord 186 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: for seven days, with the rest on the first day 187 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 2: and a rest on the eighth day. Now, on the 188 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 2: first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage. And 189 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 2: here we go back to nature. Now on the first day, 190 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, 191 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 2: palm branches. And by the way, palm branches are so beautiful. 192 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: It's part of the decoration of the temple. Part of 193 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 2: the engravings of the Holy Temple that God commanded Solomon 194 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 2: and gave the instructions to build, had the engravings of 195 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 2: palm branches on them. Palm branches and branches of trees 196 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: with thick branches and rivers of the brook. Now get 197 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: this here, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your 198 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 2: God for seven days. So, before I continue with verse 199 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: number forty two, I just want to focus on one 200 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: of the key fundamental concepts of succote or the feast 201 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 2: of tabernacles, for you and I to apply to our 202 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: lives today. Because these holy days are to be imparted 203 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 2: to us today. We're to receive them. Because these holy days, 204 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: beloved they're not just Jewish holidays, as you've heard me 205 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 2: say so many times, they are hashems. There are God's 206 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 2: appointed days. And because there are God's appointed days and 207 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 2: we're a children, there are appointed days to be united 208 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: with Him. In these days, there are times where He's 209 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 2: called us together to meet with Him. And so once 210 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 2: a year, for seven days, we're called to just rejoice 211 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: and celebrate before Him and be a spirit of gratitude. Now, 212 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: obviously we should do this all year long, but having 213 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 2: a specific time in the calendar every year set apart 214 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 2: to do this, it keeps us in line to do 215 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 2: it the whole year round. It makes it a practice. 216 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: It reminds us to do it for the rest of 217 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 2: the year. And we have an enemy on earth right 218 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: and the spirit of darkness ha Satan, the adversary, who's 219 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: the altered reality. Satan is the inverse of who God is. 220 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 2: Whatever God is, Satan's the opposite of it. He's the 221 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: empty reality. He's the image. The adversary is the image 222 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 2: of God inverted. God is good. It's Satan who becomes 223 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 2: the adversary of God and stands for everything that God 224 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 2: is not and what is God. God is good, God 225 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 2: is happy, God is rejoicing, God is filled with all 226 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: the joy of the Holy Spirit. But because we're in 227 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 2: a war and the adversary hasetan the devil, the accuser, 228 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 2: is everything that God isn't, what is he going to do. 229 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 2: He's going to try to press upon us, put upon us. 230 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: He's going to try to make his spirit overwhelm us, 231 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 2: so that rather than walking in a spirit of gratitude, 232 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: rather than walking in a spirit of joy and thankfulness, 233 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 2: instead we fall in if we're not careful to a 234 00:14:54,920 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: spirit of what friends in gratitude, rather than being thankful 235 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 2: like we're supposed to do. On this feast of tabernacles. 236 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: To code, it is time to be thankful for everything. 237 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 2: It's the feast of thanksgiving. What does the enemy try 238 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 2: to do? He tries to make us unthankful and bitter 239 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 2: and criticize. How many of you know what I'm talking about. 240 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 2: We're surrounded by negativity right. The world that we live 241 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: in is a negative place. How many times do you 242 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 2: and I get together with people and almost the meaning 243 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: of the conversation turns negative the people around us. They 244 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 2: start criticizing other people, being negative about other people, being 245 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 2: negative about situations, negative about life, negative about their work, 246 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: negative about their spouse, or whatever it is. We're surrounded 247 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: by the power of darkness. But God has given us 248 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: his spirit, the ruhakak Kadesh, the very ungreated life of 249 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: God is inside us, giving us the power to transcend 250 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 2: the darkness through an act of our own will, through choice, 251 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 2: because the unique spark of divinity within humanity, Beloved is 252 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: the ability to choose good and evil. 253 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 4: You have the. 254 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: Ability to choose good, the Torah says. The Lord says 255 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: to men, I have put before you both good and evil. 256 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 2: Choose good that you might live. But the easy thing 257 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 2: to do is to not do anything, to remain passive. 258 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 2: And if you and I don't purposely with effort shift 259 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 2: and choose the good, what happens is we're overwhelmed by 260 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: the spirit of hase town, by the power of darkness, 261 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: and we find ourselves getting grumpy, complaining, being down and depressed. 262 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 2: So so Coote reminds us to be thankful, to celebrate. 263 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 2: One of the key features of this holy holiday is 264 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 2: to listen readjoice. Did you know that the Lord actually 265 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: brought darkness and punishment upon Israel because they did not 266 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 2: rejoice before him and thank him for all the good 267 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 2: that he had done for them. In other words, God 268 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 2: actually punished Israel and brought severe chastisement on them. Painful 269 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 2: suffering he brought upon them because when He was giving 270 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: them all types of good gifts, rather than them being 271 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 2: grateful and thankful and rejoicing, they just took it for 272 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 2: granted and complained and were spoiled. Does that speak to 273 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 2: some of us today? How many of us have so 274 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 2: many good things in our life, but rather than focusing 275 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: on the good things that God has brought into our 276 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 2: lives and being thankful for them and truly having gratitude 277 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 2: for them, and because of focusing on that, we're happy. 278 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: Rather than that, we've allowed the power of darkness to 279 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 2: get the upper hand and we become negative. Well, now's 280 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 2: the time to repent. That's why God's given us these 281 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 2: holy days. As I've been teaching, God's given us these 282 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: holy days to recalibrate our souls, to bring us back 283 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: into divine alignment. Just like you might bring in your 284 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 2: car for a tune up or a maintenance touch up 285 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 2: every now and then, so these holy days tune up 286 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: our soul to bring us into alignment. So that we 287 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: can walk with God in his light and in his prosperity. 288 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 2: And I don't mean prosperity like prosperity gospel teaching. I'm 289 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 2: talking about we're so by the goodness of God. How 290 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 2: many good things are going on in your life right 291 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 2: now that you need to take count of and just 292 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: thank the Lord for them. I don't know what they are. 293 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 2: For me. My wife, my beautiful wife that just takes 294 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 2: such good care of me, and it is such a 295 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 2: blessing to me. And every morning I wake up and 296 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: she's happy, and whenever I greet her, she's happy. And 297 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: when I call her on the phone, her voice is 298 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 2: just happy, and it's just like I just wow, Wow, 299 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 2: What greater blessing could I have on earth than the wife, 300 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: my wife Cynthia, that God's given me, and my beautiful children, 301 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: and the beautiful food and the ability to taste, and 302 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 2: my great friends and my staff and I go to 303 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 2: work get discovering the Jewish Jesus every day. My staff 304 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: are my best friends. Literally, my best friends are the 305 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 2: people that work with me at discovering the Jewish Cheas 306 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 2: And what a joy to have friends. So what about you? 307 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 2: What should you be focusing on today because God wants 308 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: us to rejoice. He wants us to thank him again. 309 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: Listen what he says here in the Tora. He says, 310 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 2: you shall rejoice in verse number forty, you shall rejoice 311 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 2: before the Lord, your God. And so I just want 312 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 2: to bring you back into an attitude of gratitude. This 313 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: is the season of rejoicing. This is the season to 314 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 2: be thankful, and we all should be thankful. Finally, I 315 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: told you i'd read the forty second verse. Let me 316 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 2: read the forty second verse. The Lord said you shall 317 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 2: live in boost for seven days. And when we think 318 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 2: about why the children of Visions were living boost for 319 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 2: seven days, it gets back, beloved ones, to what I 320 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 2: said at the beginning of today's teaching, because it reminded 321 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 2: the childn of Issiel that when they were alone in 322 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 2: the desert and had nothing, God was with them and 323 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 2: took care of them. And remember I read earlier in 324 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: the text today that they were to take the branches 325 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: of beautiful plants, and the Lord specifically said, beautiful, you 326 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 2: shall take beautiful trees, palm trees and wave them before 327 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 2: the Lord. This is a time of year, beloved, This 328 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 2: is a teaching to help us understand we need to 329 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 2: be focusing on the beauty around us. We can be 330 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 2: so addicted to technology and the internet and our problems 331 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 2: that we don't even see the beauty around us, the 332 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 2: beauty outside, the color the bird. I just saw a 333 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 2: beautiful red bird outside here was gorgeous. It was like Wow. 334 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 2: When you focus on God's beauty, you'll know, beloved One, 335 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 2: that he is with you. There's so much to take 336 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 2: away from celebrating the Feast of Sakot. And this is why, Beloved, 337 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: whether you're a Jewish or you're a gentile believer in 338 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 2: Messiah Jesus that's been grafted in the commonwealth of Israel, 339 00:21:55,960 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: all these holy days are for you. I want to 340 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: thank you for supporting discovering the Jewish Jesus God bless you. 341 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 2: Thank you for your love. Hawksamaeah, Happy holiday. We are 342 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 2: in the season of the most celebratory feast of Yahweh 343 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 2: of the year. This is a season, beloved ones, of 344 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: what we call in Hebrew Sekkote. Most of you know 345 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: it as the feast of Tabernacles. This is the feast 346 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 2: of rejoicing and thanksgiving. The Lord commanded all of Israel 347 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 2: to rejoice before Him for seven days, and they present 348 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 2: it to him extravagant offerings during this time. I want 349 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: to encourage you enter into the feast of Tabernacles by 350 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 2: especially focusing on rejoicing to the Lord for all He's 351 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: done for you, and also by offering him, beloved, a 352 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 2: special thanksgiving offering because of His blessing in your life. 353 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 2: And if discovering the Jewish Jesus is being us to 354 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: the Lord to bless you, beloved, I would humbly ask you, 355 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 2: would you present your fall Holy Day offering, your Tabernacles 356 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 2: offering through this ministry. Thank you so much in advance 357 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 2: for your love and support. 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