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40 Days Of Teshuvah To Yom Kippur 

Yom Kippur

Create In Me A Clean Heart Oh Adonai and Renew a Right Spirit Within Me
Psalm 51 
 
Day 4
Al Chet Prayer
 
The Goal Of Al Chet Is To Get To The Root Of The Problem.  To become more like Yeshua and to become conformed to His Image and Torah is a process, it does not happen over night.  The key is never to give up, because He does not give up on us.  We are all under construction and a work in process.
 
#3 And for the mistakes we committed before You without thinking (or without knowledge);
 
 This is where most of us who were ignorant of Torah, The Feasts and The Shabbat hit ourselves in the head and say "Why didn't I see this before"?
 
We have come to realize that the holiday's we were celebrating were pagan in origin even though our hearts were in the right place.  It is because we were seeking God and did have ears to hear that we are now  discovering the beauty of His Torah, His Feasts and His Shabbats.
 
The Word talks about inheriting the lies of our fathers.
 
 Jer 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 
 
Once He has revealed His truth it is up to us to forsake the lies and turn to the truth.  If we hear the truth, but refuse repent or turn back to His ways, that is when we find ourselves in rebellion.
 
Is He dealing with you even now to give up your "Sacred Cows" and return to His Ways and His Truth?
 
Lev 23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are my feasts.
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which
ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 
    
What did Yeshua say about loving our traditions?  This rebuke belongs to those who call themselves follower of Messiah as well, "Christians".  What happens when you tell your brothers and sisters in Messiah about the Feasts, The Sabbath, Eating Kosher etc.  They will insist that God has done away with them and has changed them even though there is no scriptural proof to back it up.  They declare that He has replaced His Feasts with Christmas (Read Jeremiah 10), Easter (in reality it is Passover that proclaims Yeshua's death, burial and resurrection) and that He did away with the Sabbath and has replaced it with Sunday worship.  Pride does not want to let go of a lie so it makes up excuses to justify disobedience. Humilty says 'I have missed God but from this day forward I will walk in obedience to His Word."
 
 
Mat 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Mat 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
 
 
Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

 Now is the time to forsake the doctrines of men and return to God's ways. 
 
 *Journal - Food For Thought
  
When I hear a doctrine, do I immediately go to The Word to make sure it is scriptural?
 
When the Ruach HaKodesh reveals a truth to me, do  I  make a decision to walk in that revealed truth?   Or do I make excuses why I do not have to obey because I am under grace?
 
Have I confessed my ignorance of His Ways regarding the Feasts, The Sabbath and His Laws and have I made a godly decision to follow after Him no matter what the cost?

Do I pray before I make decisions that will affect my spiritual walk and make sure it is in line with His Torah/teaching and instructions?
 
Do I seek and respect Godly counsel so I do not walk in ignorance of His Ways?   Or do I love the traditions of men more then I love to walk in obedience to God?
 
New Moon Report regarding  Month of Elul
 
On Saturday August 22, 2009 the new moon was sighted from Jerusalem by Devorah Gordon at 7:02, by Johan Schutte at 7:10, and by Dina Marcus at 7:22pm. We are still waiting to hear from some observers whether or not they sighted it from
Israel on Friday night.   Nehemiah Gordon
 
 
Shalom In Yeshua
 
May He Be Glorified in Every Thing We Say And Do
 

Scott & Deborah Brandt
Deborah's Messianic Ministries