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40 Days Of Teshuvah To Yom Kippur |
Create In Me A Clean Heart Oh Adonai and Renew a Right Spirit Within Me
Psalm 51
Read Psalm 27 Daily
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Day 17
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 and this is the time to do spiritual house cleaning.
#17 For the sin that we have sinned before You through descecration of the name.
Our life will either bring glory to His Name or descrate it in the eyes of others.
This is not just talking about the right way to pronounce YHWH's name, but what is our entire lifestyle showing others how we revere Him as holy and sanctified in our life.
I know people that are "proud" that they 'know" how to say YHWH's name, yet they come in to Congregations and cause strife and splits. Is this bringing glory to Him or drawing men unto ourselves?
When Israel sinnned against YHWH and He was about to bring judgement and punishment, why did Moses plea on their behalf? Was it because they did not deserve to be punished? No, Moses did not want to see His name desecrated among the heathen.
Exo 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Exo 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Exo 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exo 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Whenever we choose our ways over His ways, we descreate His Name.
Whenever we choose not to obey His commandments, we descrate His Name.
Whenever we tell people we are "Christians" or "Messianic Believers" and we do not walk what we talk, we desecrate His Name.
Whenever we walk in darkness when we know the truth of His Light/Word we desecrate His Name.
Whenver we choose to live in sin, when we know the truth we descrate His Name.
Whenever we speak gossip or LaShon Hara we descrate His Name.
Whenever we choose to come against His leadership, (read about Korah in Numbers 16) we descerate His Name in the eyes of others.
Whenever we cause strife and discord among the brethren, we descrate His Name.
Yeshua said If You Love Me You Will Obey My Commandments.
*Journal - Food For Thought
As a "Light Unto the Nations" every Jew (Messianic Believers- Followers of Yeshua) is a messenger of God in this World, responsible to project a positive image.
The Words Of Messiah Yeshua;
Mat 5:14 "You are light for the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Mat 5:15 Likewise, when people light a lamp, they don't cover it with a bowl but put it on a lampstand, so that it shines for everyone in the house.
Mat 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.
Mat 5:17 "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete.
Mat 5:18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud (י ) or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened.
Mat 5:19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ask yourself;
Did I ever act in a way that brought less honor and respect to God?
Did I ever act in such a way that gave a bad impression about what it means to be a Jew? (Or a Messianic Believer)
Did I take every opportunity to enlighten others about the beauty of Torah and His Messiah Yeshua?
Exploring the "Al Chet" Prayer by Rabbi Shraga Simmons (Aish Hatorah) My input in Red |
