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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
New Moon Sighted in Jersualem Sunday Evening, 20th 2009 - Month of Tishrei is here, Shana Tova!
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Day 33
10 DAYS OF AWE
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.
We are now in the 10 days of awe, a time to measure our spiritual growth and make amends where needed prior to Yom Kippur.
My Spiritual Annual Review Days Of Awe Day 3:
Finances:
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9 Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].
Mal 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
In the past year have you been obedient and faithful with your Tithes and Offerings?
In what areas do you need to improve your giving? Have you been a good steward of what God has given you?
Are you a cheerful giver?
#33 For the sin we have sinned before You in judgement.
How many times to we make rash judgments of others before we have all of the facts? There is an old Native American saying "Before you judge your brother you must walk a mile in his mocassins (shoes)".
Mat 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Mat 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Mat 7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Mat 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Did you ever notice that when you judge someone incorrectly you find yourself in the same situation? In other words you find yourself dealing with the sin that you judged them for.
How quickly do we judge our Pastors/Rabbis and leaders? Walk a mile in their shoes and you may see things differently.
Num 12:1 Miryam and Aharon began criticizing Moshe on account of the Ethiopian woman he had married, for he had in fact married an Ethiopian woman.
Num 12:2 They said, "Is it true that Adonai has spoken only with Moshe? Hasn't he spoken with us too?" Adonai heard them.
Num 12:3 Now this man Moshe was very humble, more so than anyone on earth.
Num 12:4 Suddenly Adonai told Moshe, Aharon and Miryam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting." The three of them went out.
Num 12:5 Adonai came down in a column of cloud and stood at the entrance to the tent. He summoned Aharon and Miryam, and they both went forward.
Num 12:6 He said, "Listen to what I say: when there is a prophet among you, I, Adonai, make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.
Num 12:7 But it isn't that way with my servant Moshe. He is the only one who is faithful in my entire household.
Num 12:8 With him I speak face to face and clearly, not in riddles; he sees the image of Adonai. So why weren't you afraid to criticize my servant Moshe?"
When we walk in God's love we should be ever ready to believe the best of others. Aaron and Miryam found out that to judge one of God's leaders incorrectly was a dangerous place to be.
Num 12:10 But when the cloud was removed from above the tent, Miryam had tzara`at, as white as snow. Aharon looked at Miryam, and she was as white as snow.
Num 12:11 Aharon said to Moshe, "Oh, my lord, please don't punish us for this sin we committed so foolishly.
Num 12:12 Please don't let her be like a stillborn baby, with its body half eaten away when it comes out of its mother's womb!"
Num 12:13 Moshe cried to Adonai, "Oh God, I beg you, please, heal her!"
Num 12:14 Adonai answered Moshe, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she hide herself in shame for seven days? So let her be shut out of the camp for seven days; after that, she can be brought back in."
Num 12:15 Miryam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not travel until she was brought back in.
Num 12:16 Afterwards, the people went on from Hatzerot and camped in the Pa'ran Desert.
What makes us judge others? Most of the time it is because we see in them, our own faults and it is easier to judge someone else instead of ourselves.
How often do we misjudge God? Do we test God as our forfathers did in the wilderness by accusing God of being unfair?
Num 11:1 But the people began complaining about their hardships to Adonai. When Adonai heard it, his anger flared up, so that fire from Adonai broke out against them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Num 11:4 Next, the mixed crowd that was with them grew greedy for an easier life; while the people of Isra'el, for their part, also renewed their weeping and said, "If only we had meat to eat!
Num 11:5 We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt - it cost us nothing! - and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, the garlic!
Here they were accusing God of causing them this hardship, when in reality He was trying to teach them to trust Him for all things!
Do we allow God to have His way in our lives, even when at times we think He has forgotten us when in reality He is teaching us how to walk by faith in His provision?
Do we hear one side of a story and make a judgment by what one person says rather then getting both sides of the story first? When people are hurt and angry at someone,they will always want others to believer that they were right and the other person was wrong.
Did we ever walk in on a conversation and make a judgment regarding what we heard even though we did not hear the whole conversation or knew what was going on?
#33 For the mistakes we committed before You in judgment. The Torah tells us it is a mitzvah to be dan li-kaf zechus -- to judge people favorably.
Ask yourself:
Am I in the habit of judging people favorably?
Do I wait to make any determination until I have all the information?
Do I sometimes judge God unfairly?
Exploring the Al Chet Prayer by Rabbi Shraga Simmons |
