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Second Prayer of Solomon at the Temple

Second Prayer—8.111 When the king had thus discoursed to the crowd he looked again toward the temple, and lifting up his right hand to the crowd, he said,

 

 

‘It is not possible by human deeds to return sufficient thanks to God for his benefits bestowed upon them,
for the Deity stands in need of nothing, and is above any such recompense.
But with that (gift of speech), we have been made superior by you, O Jehovah, to other animals;
it is necessary for us to praise your greatness and to return you thanks for what you have bestowed upon our house,
and on the Hebrew people.

112 For with what other instrument can we better appease you when wrathful or ill-willed to preserve your favour than with our voice,
which we have from the air and which we know to ascend through this element?

 

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First Prayer of Solomon at the Temple

Solomon’s Prayers at the Temple (Ant. 8. 107–108; Ant. 8.111–117)

First Prayer—8.107 And while they were occupied with this thought, King Solomon arose, because he was sitting before, and used such words to God as he thought suitable to the divine nature to receive, and fit for him to speak. For he said,

 

 

 

‘You have an eternal dwelling, O Jehovah, in those things which you have created;
we know it to be the heaven, and the air, and the earth, and the sea

— all of which you fill, but you are not contained within their limits.

108 I have indeed built this temple for your name,
that from there, when we sacrifice and seek good omens,
we may send to you our prayers up into the air,
and may constantly be persuaded that you are present and not remote.

For, as you see all things and hear all things,
you do not, even when it pleases you to dwell here, leave off being very near to all men,
but rather you are very near to everyone who addresses themselves to you,
whether by night or by day’..

 

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Containers of God’s Word

 

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11

A revived Christian is a Christian who loves and feeds on God’s Word.
We find life in the pages of the Bible. We study it, but we shouldn’t stop there.
We must memorize it, pray it, ponder, and meditate on it.
We mine it for the golden promises by which we live.

We become containers of God’s Word. And then we live it out as we walk in this world.
We are thus enabled to live the revival life.

We must not only know God’s word, we must live it. To live it, we must meditate on it.
The promises may be compared to a gold mine, which only enriches when the gold is dug out.
By holy meditation, we dig out that spiritual gold which lies hidden in the midst of the promise, and so we come to be enriched!

Thomas Watson

Prayer Prompt:
Father, your Word is a gold mine. I love its wisdom.
It truly is a lamp unto my feet.
In taking your Word into my being by memorizing and meditating on it, I become a container of your Word.
It is spiritual gold, and I am an eager gold miner.

 

From Our Cry for Revival: 365 Devotions and Prayers for an Outpouring of God’s Spirit by Nick Harrison

What Christian isn’t hungering for revival? Not just an emotional display of faith, but a revival that changes lives, renews churches, and can even change history. Such revivals as the Great Awakening, the Welsh Revival, and the Jesus Movement have earned their place in church history and are evidence that God is still alive and active. Even smaller revivals such as the recent revival at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, caught the attention of the world as upwards of fifty thousand Christians traveled to the college campus to witness this move of God. The recent movie, The Jesus Revolution was a surprise success at the box office as, once again, Christians flocked to hear about revival.

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God Intends a Great Mercy

 

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:16

One of God’s intentions for his people is that they may draw near to his throne with confidence and thus receive mercy and grace.
Revival releases a fresh rainfall of divine mercy and grace.
We are aware of mercy as our not receiving the penalty for our sins and of grace as receiving what we don’t deserve.

So as we pray for revival, let us dare to draw near to God’s throne of grace, for great is our need.

When God intends a great mercy for His people, the first thing He does is set them a praying.

Matthew Henry

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Prayer Prompt:

Lord, I draw near your throne of grace
with confidence that through Christ you welcome me into your presence.
Send revival, Father.
Rain mercy and grace on us, your people.
For great is our need.

 

From Our Cry for Revival: 365 Devotions and Prayers for an Outpouring of God’s Spirit by Nick Harrison

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Limiting God

You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

Psalm 77:14

 

 

The advent of a revival is a true wonder of God. He makes himself known through our praises and his presence. It is, therefore, fitting that we are awestricken by revival.

God reveals himself as the author of all our doings and dealings, a God who works wonders on our behalf. He is the God who knows everything about us, including our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing about us is unknown to him. That, too, is a wonder.

When we are no longer filled with holy wonder for who he is and all he has done, revival has surely ended.

Let this ever be deeply engraved upon the tablets of our heart: that all of God’s doings and all of God’s dealings, are doings and dealings to fill us with holy wonder, so that we may well say … with the Psalmist,

“You are the God who works wonders!”

 

 

J. C. Philpot

 

 

Prayer Prompt:
O Father! You are the worker of great wonders!
I’m filled with awe at your love, creativity, and unfolding of your perfect will.
I pray for a true revival that evidences your wonder.
Bring it soon, Lord!

 

From Our Cry for Revival: 365 Devotions and Prayers for an Outpouring of God’s Spirit by Nick Harrison

What Christian isn’t hungering for revival? Not just an emotional display of faith, but a revival that changes lives, renews churches, and can even change history. Such revivals as the Great Awakening, the Welsh Revival, and the Jesus Movement have earned their place in church history and are evidence that God is still alive and active. Even smaller revivals such as the recent revival at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, caught the attention of the world as upwards of fifty thousand Christians traveled to the college campus to witness this move of God. The recent movie, The Jesus Revolution was a surprise success at the box office as, once again, Christians flocked to hear about revival.

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A text from the War Scroll

 

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And you, [O God], created us for Yourself as an eternal people,
and into the lot of light You cast us in accordance with Your truth.
You appointed the Prince of Light from of old to assist us, for in [His] l[ot are all sons of righteous]ness and all spirits of truth are in his dominion.
You yourself made Belial for the pit, an angel of malevolence, his [dominio]n is in darkne[ss] and his counsel is to condemn and convict.
All the spirits of his lot — the angels of destruction — walk in accord with the rule of darkness,
for it is their only [des]ire.
But we, in the lot of Your truth, rejoice in Your mighty hand.
We rejoice in Your salvation, and revel in [Your] hel[p and] Your [p]eace. (1QM 13:9b–13a)91

 

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This extreme determinism distinguishes Essenism from other forms of Second Temple Judaism…

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From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism — a span of over six hundred years — the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the history and theology, the hopes and prayers of a living and diverse Judaism. It is an engrossing subject in and of itself, but for students of the New Testament it offers an invaluable context for understanding the words and actions of Jesus as well as the conversion and thinking of Paul.

Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period is an introduction to this literature and places it within its historical context. Riding the explosive growth of knowledge of this period, Larry R. Helyer guides students to the heart of the matter. What were the pressures and realities, the questions and dreams that nurtured and provoked these written expressions? And how does this literature throw light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity?

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At Rosh HaShanah praying to the Bore and Guardian of Israel

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Thoughts and emotions, deliberations and troubles surge through the depths of our souls where hopes and aspirations live in close proximity to despair and bitterness when looking what goes on in our world.

Last weekend was supposed to be the party for the Jewish New Year, or Rosh HaShanah. But a dark cloud lingered over us, with our hearts deeply saddened by it.

Clear that last year and this year we are not having the sound of the trumpet loudly. Yet the ram’s horn brings us the call to remember and dwell on the creation the Almighty has placed in our hands.

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Bore and Almighty Souverain
in the world you created and gave to us,
we notice so much injustice, apathy, indifference, racism, transphobia and sexism.

We call unto you,

the Guardian of Israel
Who neither sleeps nor slumbers.
Let Your eye see what goes on
and not let it happen just like that.

Stay awake, we beg You Almighty God,

when the Jewish people are in a state of suffering.Across the abyss, I reach out to You my God
the guardian of Israel Who neither sleeps nor slumbers
for our protection.
These are my very last words that put the distractions of the day to bed
as I prepare for the darkness of night’s uncertainty.Protect me and my brothers and sisters during the night.

Also strengthen our resilience and ease our grief and pain.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains
and do know You are up high
looking at us.

I am sure that my help comes from You o Adonai,

Maker of heaven and earth.
Who will not let my foot slip.

What might happen to his present world,
Keep close to me
and guide me to safety.

You will watch over my coming
and my going
from this time forth
and forevermore.

 

 

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“Od lo avda tikvateinu,”
“We have not yet lost our hope.”

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#Peace . . . Praying together

* “Praying together: Two peoples, one land, Three faiths, one root, One earth, one mother, One sky, one beginning, one future, one destiny, One broken heart, One God.

We pray to You: Grant us a vision of unity. May we see the many in the one and the one in the many. May you, Life of All the Worlds, Source of All Amazing Differences Help us to to see clearly […]

#Peace . . . Praying together

Pray for peace in our world!

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Now,
More than ever,
Our world needs your light.
Make a difference
For good.

May the spirit of hope move you,
And the presence of angels guide you.
Pray for peace in our world.

AMEN

With love,
Steff

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Drought

Who knows, July and August will be recorded as the warmest and driest months in Europe since records began.

One can only hope that now, with all the fires and other natural disasters that are coming to our regions, there will be a greater awareness that something must be done to combat global warming.

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Praying For The Victims Of Ukraine

Although far from the ongoing violence, the terror threat is close by, and we are with the Ukrainian people with our souls, hearts and prayers.

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Today, I have decided to postpone my usual Fun Friday post to pause and take some time to pray for the people of Ukraine.

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Overcoming The Terror Of War

From the Bible we know that there will come certain times which shall not be pleasant, but shall be bringing much division and horror in this world.

We are not sure if those Times mentioned in the Scriptures have started now and shall bring God’s Plan into fulfilment. In case it will become that Third World War spoken of in Scriptures, we more than ever should know where our place is and which direction we want to go.
At that prophesied time, there shall come false Christs, and people trying to get people away from God, whilst many shall be suffering. But we should stay strong in our faith, living by the assured faith of hope in the Lord.

But it shall be also a time that we shall have to proclaim the Gospel, the message of Good News, even when many will not be willing to give their ear to it. It is for them and for all people in the world that our prayers should be directed to the Host of host, Jehovah our God, Who shall be willing to guide His people in those troubled times.

Let us be Good News Breakers in these troubled times and ask God to give strength to all who love Him.

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Uplifting Bible verses during times of war

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A Thanksgiving Prayer

 

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For today and tomorrow and many days to come ….

Dear God,

We thank you for

the health of our family,

Earth and the gifts it provides,

the blessing of music, how it brings people together and puts joy into our spirits,

education and the opportunities it offers,

friends, laughter, and love.

AMEN

Thanksgiving Day 2021

composed by Pete, Amy, Wesley, and Melanie Flynn

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Giving thanks to God on Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we put all our trust.

We express our thankfulness on this holiday,
because we may face God and sense this living God.
Through Him we may sense infinite goodness,
infinite wisdom, infinite beauty.
Such a sensation is a sensation of joy.

The world may be dismal;
the wrath may turn the gardens into a desert;
yet we like God’s men and His prophets
“will rejoice in the Lord.”

We pray, that God may encourage us
to show others all the good things He gives to mankind.
We also ask Him to give us the courage
to face each day with renewed vision and strength to scale the heights.

We are also thankful that we may and can give thanks to God,
which will help us grow in resilience
and encourage others to keep going
no matter what God brings them in contact with.

Dear God,
give us the power to face each day
and to be thankful for the small things
which can make a day so great.

 

 

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What are friends and friendship

Friendship.

According to Aristotle, a Greek philosopher from ancient times, there are three types of friendship,

I. Friendship of utility II. Friendship of pleasure, and finally, III. Perfect friendship

But what is a friend?

A friend is someone other than family that you share close affection with. A friend will share kindness, sympathy, compassion, loyalty, fun, common beliefs and values.
A true friend will celebrate the good times, and provide support during the bad times.

Ecclesiastes tells us

“You are better off having a friend than being all alone…..if you fall, your friend can help you up.” Ch 4 v 9-10

In the Bible there are many mentions of friends, and it is easy to see the attributes that make a good friend;

Loving, respectful, positive, forgiving, reliable, loyal, inspirational, vigilant, supportive, non-judgemental, trustworthy, cooperative, wise, and self- controlled.

We are told in Luke 6 v 31

“treat others as you want to be treated.”

Of course, the most powerful example of a friend, was Jesus.

John 15 v 12 -13 “Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them.”

Let us all remember the example Jesus gave us, and be the sort of friend to others that we would want for ourselves.

In a world where we can be anything, let us be kind, compassionate, sympathetic and empathetic, loyal, and fun to those around us, as we journey together towards the Kingdom. There, by God’s grace, we will meet our best friend.

 


Dear Lord,
Help us to be good friends to those around us.
Help us to show love and kindness to others, as you have shown us.
Help us to provide support and comfort to our friends as they have need.
Thank you for being our friend and comforter,
and for our many blessings.
Amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻

 

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Be it in May or September: Run the race

The last two academic years have been very weird with many restrictions. September is here again and soon it will be October, the month when everybody is back at work or back in school. Once more we faee a new academic and church year. Once more we are reminded we have work to do on this earth. We have our obligations and we have to strive to get some results in what we are supposed to do.

In Belgium, last year, sports were more a thing for one person on his own, because no group events were allowed. Everyone had to stay in isolation and contact sports were not allowed. The text underneath normally was to be published in May, when we had the underneath ‘prayer theme’ for the month, but we got somewhat behind with a lot of work, because other matters, like taking care of people, providing food to isolated people and help for those in need, certainly after the floods, required our attention.

In the Covid period it might not have been easy for many. Now it could well be that this year may be a year of transition, for becoming back to normal.

Jane Edwards has a look at what happened mostly in May. In her country that is the time the sun starts showing herself more and more attention is given to outside sports. She then thinks of the race which we have to finish.

Be it May or September, each day we are confronted with a lot of matters. Every day of the year, we have to get on and continue our way.

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Run the race

When I was at school, the month of May meant only one thing…..
Practicing for Sports day.
Today, children are encouraged to just take part, and they are all winners. Helping others along the way to finish together.

When I was at school, it was all about the winning!
Who could run fastest.
Who could throw furthest.
Who could jump highest.

Winners were winners, and losers were just that – losers.
Winners received prizes, losers were scorned.

There were cheers, and plenty of boos.

I hated Sports day. Whilst I enjoyed hockey and netball – team games, I hated the one against one competition of Athletics – mainly because I was rubbish, and not really built to run!

We are told in the Bible in Hebrews 12 that we need to ‘run the race’ , but we are also told that ‘bodily exercise profits little’ in 1 Timothy 4v8 – which is correct?
Of course we need to exercise.
For our hearts and minds exercise is good, but too much can become an obsession – and take us away from other activities that matter.
So, what race do we need to run?

Of course, this is the race to the Kingdom. This race is much better than the ones I failed miserably at school. This race, (perhaps more apt to call it an Obstacle Course) makes everyone a winner!
It’s about getting to the finish line – some may reach that before others, but everyone has a chance to finish and win… and have help from others along the way.
And the prize – eternal life!
No boos, but cheers from the Heavenly Hosts.
As we watch our children on Sports Day, or think about exercise for ourselves, let us remember the most important race of our lives.

 

 

 

Dear Lord,
Please be with us as we run the race to your Kingdom.
Some of us may be slower through lack of faith, anxiety, and fatigue.
Give us the encouragement and strength needed to make it to the finish.
Please help us to help others to the end,
giving them encouragement as you have to us.
Amen

 

Jane Edwards

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Race and Grace

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong

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a Helpful salutation to God

 

 

 

Good Morning! Thank You, God, that we can great each other with this holy, helpful salutation.
It is morning, a new day, and it is good.
I am beginning it right, I am connecting with You,
and You are communicating to me through a positive mood,
or perhaps through a positive memory that will be recalled in this quiet, relaxing place,
or through a positive word from the Holy Scriptures.


O God, I am connecting with You, the Ultimate Spiritual Master Mind, my Heavenly God.
Thank You, Lord! Hallelujah! Amen
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Thomas Merton’s Prayer in Uncertainty

Lots of people may have lost the track of the path and do not know to temper their fear for what might be coming in this coronacrisis.
We only can hope more people shall find some more time to meditate and to pray to the One Who governs everything.

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I’ve loved this prayer of Thomas Merton’s since I visited Abbey of Gethsemani as a teenager:

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the…

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Christian Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sometimes people have to be confronted by something terribly bad. At regular intervals, certain people come to struggle terribly and have to learn by a hard lesson, being pulled down by an accident or serious disease.

Several people at a certain moment in their life got struck. Suddenly they become confronted by a longer period that they can not do the things they normally do. During that time of not doing anything, they are given time to think about the past but also the future. Then they can take time to meditate and to really start to reevaluate the value of things.

Before they got sick or bounded to the bed by their sickness or paralysation, they can have the film of their life repeated over and over again for days. At that time they have hours and days to think about all those things that kept them busy. Then they also realize that they had and still have so many dreams that they’ve had over the years and projects that they wanted to do.

From people who previously had serious accidents and diseases, we do know several people came in confrontation with the matter of a godhead, and started examining the Scriptures, coming to one conclusion, that there is Only One True Divine God, the Elohim Hashem Jehovah, Who is a loving God and not a cruel Being that would have His children being tortured or being burned forever.
It is then for them the time to recognise how so many churches or denomination lied to their flock and used fear to master them.

The devil, being spoken of in the Bible, is any or every adversary who walks on this planet. For sure there are many adversaries of God too, who would love people not to believe in the Divine Creator or have them keeping to the many false teachings, human traditions and heathen festivals.

But it are the real lovers of God who in such difficult times should show how they know for sure Who is behind everything and Who can be the helping hand in times of problems but also be a Guide in times when everything seems alright.

These days when there is a virus making many victims, those real followers of the son of God, should show the world how God has given the world a saviour and mediator, who paid the ransom for all the faults we as human beings have done.

Now is the time that all real lovers of God can show the world Who That real God is and how we as united lovers of God are not afraid of what comes upon this world but are willing to unite in prayer to protect all those around us, believers and unbelievers.

IMG-20161127-WA0018In the article of Janisha Jacobs, affectionately known as “Keela“,, the greatest hope is expressed that during this crisis more people will be drawn closer to Christ, the son of God. We only can hope and pray that more people shall come to see that in this time of fear there will be no other choice but for our faith to increase and to join hands spiritually. That in this time of not knowing what tomorrow holds we will learn to let God worry about tomorrow and focus on getting through today, with the knowledge that there shall come even worse days and even a more severe battle, with the third World War or Armageddon. Therefore we can look at this pandemic as a rehearsal for what still has to come and to make us stronger to be prepared for what is still to come.
Let us, therefore, pray not to false gods, like some many have taken themselves false gods, but learn also others to pray to the God Jesus also prayed too, namely his heavenly Father (and not himself) the One and Only True God, the Elohim Hashem Jehovah.

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To remember

  • facing global Pandemic of Covid-19 virus #CoronaVirus.
  • enough news surrounding panic > All across the world right now persons are facing panic, trauma & a lot of uncertainty because of the effects of Covid-19.
  • Persons afraid, lost loved ones, +  wondering if they will be next.
  • China, Italy, America, UK, etc. > unimaginable crisis.
  • biggest question right now =  “when will it end?”
  • for the church = also the question of “how do we react?”
  • to get us to close down churches > building =/= church
  • people = church
  • via Zoom = enjoyable + more intimate than “pulpit and pew”
  • try + prevent spreading virus => stay home
  • response/reaction to world crisis & pandemic = faith, wisdom, compassion, forward thinking, leadership + most importantly prayer.

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As most of you know, we have all been facing the global Pandemic of the Covid-19 virus #CoronaVirus. Initially I had no intentions of blogging about it, figuring that there is enough news surrounding the panic and I didn’t want to be one more person adding fuel on an already blazing fire. But, if you read my latest post you know by now that I decided to change my mind

All across the world right now persons are facing panic, trauma and a lot of uncertainty because of the effects of Covid-19. Persons are afraid, many have lost loved ones, some may not even know if their loved ones are still alive in places like Italy, some persons are sick and many others are wondering if they will be next. And all of these emotions and feelings are completely understandable but so very heartbreaking.


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A huge world with giant trees in danger by the fault of man

You will search in vain for a mention of mammoth trees in the Bible, but because they belong to the group of the tallest trees in the world, we must not overlook them. By the way, that would be very difficult; because their tops are almost invisible from the ground!

Mammoth trees can reach a height of 90 meters and the trunk can have a diameter of 7 meters. They are native to California, but are often planted as a street or park tree in Europe.

The egg-shaped cone the huge trees throw on the earth, consist of thirty scales, that offer complete protection to the very tiny seeds until the time of reproduction. Incredible what a great strong tree can grow out such a small seed and can stand there for ages which surpasses many human generations.

Is this not one of the most remarkable wonders of creation?

The Giant Sequoia it’s massive size, resilience, longevity and beauty brings us in awe. It also can bring us to think about the creation. We can be amazed that this magnificent tree starts from a seed smaller than a grain of oat.

Thinking about the organization of the universe, the configuration of our solar system, the construction of our earth, the composition of all matter, all the DNA sequences that make up all things living, not to mention the human brain which is able to contemplate all this – it’s unfathomable.

Today we also might find that even those giants are threatened by the carelessness of human beings with dealing with nature. We cannot longer ignore the global warming and all the pollution our industry and our way of life creates. The input of our lifestyle to fauna and flora is horrible and unacceptable. Man has to change its way of life soon.

Those who love God should also love and respect His creation. They should defend those who have no voice and should take care to protect them from ‘eternal’ destruction. In the last few years we have seen far too many animal species and plant species disappear. We should take on our responsibility.
Those who believe in God must make their voices heard among the unbelievers and encourage world leaders to protect God’s creation.

 

 

The whole world is in our hands
– plants and animals, oceans and ice caps, rain forests, atmosphere and ecosystem. 

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Jehovah, God, we know we got this earth in loan from you,
touch our hearts, O God, make us worthy of this trust 

Help us care for life on this beautiful earth. 

 

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Shabbat shalom

The Most Almighty  Elohim asked us not to repeat endlessly words or prayer actions. He has given several examples of how we can pray and worship Him. For sure, He does not like it that we would pray to more than one person or god. He requires the full attention and honour, Him being the Bore, the Giver of life and Sustainer of everything. He appreciates it more when we are willing to come to Him with our own words and out of free will, loving to accept Him as the Only One True God.

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Additional reading

  1. Trusting, Faith, calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #2 Calling upon the Name of God
  2. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #4 Transitoriness #2 Purity
  3. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #5 Prayer #3 Callers upon God
  4. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #13 Prayer #11 Name to be set apart
  5. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #14 Prayer #12 The other name
  6. Eight days of sprinkling lights

HAT's avatarMatters of Interpretation

Image of synagogue at sundownRabbi Shimon said “When you pray, let not your prayer become routine, but let it be a sincere supplication for God’s mercy, as it says: ‘For He is gracious and merciful, endlessly patient, overflowing in love, and eager to forgive.’ And never condemn yourself as totally wicked.”From “Chapters of the Fathers” in Gates of Prayer, Chaim Stern, ed. (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975), 20.

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