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Monday, September 14, 2015

The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? – Proverbs 20: 24

Isaiah 12:2 NLT See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The lord god is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.” 

1 Corinthians 1:9 (AMP) "God is faithful [He is reliable, trustworthy and ever true to His promise-He can be depended on], and through Him you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."    

1 John 4:11-12 NLT Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 

2 Peter 3:9 NLT The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 

Today is one of the holiest days of the Jewish year: Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year)the beginning of the Jewish year 5776.
 
Since this holy day is considered a Sabbath, no work is done; all over Israel and around the world, the Jewish People are attending services in local synagogues.
 
Biblically, this celebration is known as Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets).
 
Last night as the holiday began, selichot (prayers for forgiveness) intensified and this morning the shofar (ram’s horn or trumpet) is being sounded about 100 times, depending upon the community's tradition.
 
It will continue to be sounded throughout this holiday season.
 


Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.  Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’”  (Leviticus 23:2325)

 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?  You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.  You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”  (Micah 7:18–19)






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