23 September 2026
12 Tishrei / Wednesday
Torah:
Parshat Vezot Hab'rachah, 4th Portion (Devarim (Deuteronomy) 33:18-33:21)
Deuteronomy 33:18-21
New King James Version
18 And of Zebulun he said:
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, And Issachar in your tents!
19 They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas And of treasures hidden in the sand.”
20 And of Gad he said:
“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; He dwells as a lion, And tears the arm and the crown of his head.
21 He provided the first part for himself, Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.
He came with the heads of the people; He administered the justice of the Lord,
And His judgments with Israel.”
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
15 Indeed they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”
16 As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day; You know what came out of my lips; It was right there before You.
2 Timothy 4
New King James Version
Preach the Word
1 I charge you [a]therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead [b]at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Paul’s Valedictory
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
The Abandoned Apostle
9 Be diligent to come to me quickly; 10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. 12 And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13 Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. 15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.
16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.
The Lord Is Faithful
17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
Come Before Winter
19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
21 Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.
Farewell
22 The Lord [c]Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
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Here and Now:
I still worry in my life as a single woman because I don't trust my family and because GOD put me in my family that I don't trust, I worry, like Job worries about his children.But I want to entrust GOD with my life, with my future spouse and family, I know GOD will give me the best husband because He promised me, he may not be perfect but he is the best that GOD chose for me.
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ScripturesTorah:
Parshat Vezot Hab'rachah, 4th Portion (Devarim (Deuteronomy) 33:18-33:21)
Deuteronomy 33:18-21
New King James Version
18 And of Zebulun he said:
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, And Issachar in your tents!
19 They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas And of treasures hidden in the sand.”
20 And of Gad he said:
“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; He dwells as a lion, And tears the arm and the crown of his head.
21 He provided the first part for himself, Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.
He came with the heads of the people; He administered the justice of the Lord,
And His judgments with Israel.”
Bible in a Year
Jeremiah 16-17
Jeremiah 16
Jeremiah’s Lifestyle and Message
1 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land: 4 “They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
Jeremiah 17
5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his [d]strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [e]fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And [f]desperately wicked; Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the [g]mind, Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
11 “As a partridge that [h]broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.”
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The fountain of living waters.”
Jeremiah Prays for DeliveranceJeremiah 16
Jeremiah’s Lifestyle and Message
1 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land: 4 “They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
Jeremiah 17
5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his [d]strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [e]fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And [f]desperately wicked; Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the [g]mind, Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
11 “As a partridge that [h]broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.”
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The fountain of living waters.”
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
15 Indeed they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”
16 As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day; You know what came out of my lips; It was right there before You.
17 Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope in the day of doom.
18 Let them be ashamed who persecute me, But do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom, And destroy[i] them with double destruction!
18 Let them be ashamed who persecute me, But do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom, And destroy[i] them with double destruction!
2 Timothy 4
New King James Version
Preach the Word
1 I charge you [a]therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead [b]at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Paul’s Valedictory
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
The Abandoned Apostle
9 Be diligent to come to me quickly; 10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. 12 And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13 Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. 15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.
16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.
The Lord Is Faithful
17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
Come Before Winter
19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
21 Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.
Farewell
22 The Lord [c]Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Observation
It was a dreadful thing to be in Jeremiah's time because GOD was judging Israel and sending him to let them know and warn them of GOD's inevitable judgements. That's why GOD did not permit Jeremiah to marry in Judah, but it doesn't mean Jeremiah wasn't allowed to get married at all, GOD said Do not take a wife in this place, not "do not take a wife at all" but for Jeremiah, he was too brokenhearted to travel to a foreign land just to get married, he was caught up so much with GOD's agendas so the he didn't have his own agenda.
When GOD says that a man who trusts in GOD is blessed, it means they have fully surrendered to GOD Almighty, and probably the reason why I worry and become anxious is because I don't trust GOD enough to take care of me while I am unmarried, I cannot draw security from marriage because marriage is also very human unlike basing my security in GOD, it's something that will make me blessed because to trust in GOD is blessed because GOD is the only ONE unfailing while to trust in man is cursed because man fails all the time.
Application
I may be a servant of GOD caught up with GOD's agenda, but I do want to get married because GOD placed these desires in my heart, to marry a man who loves JESUS so we can serve HIM together, and build a life together be whether we have kids or not. The significant thing that happened to me during my 4 month sabbatical is that I lost desire to have children, like it's no longer a priority but I am indeed praying for a godly man, who can take care of me and who will be a great blessing to me and my family. I am still asking GOD to fulfill HIS promises to me because HE has indeed promised me and shown me in a vision the face of the man I will marry, he is definetly middle eastern with strong black beard.
Prayers
Dear FATHER, O GREAT AND GLORIOUS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE HOLY ONE of Israel. I BOW TO YOU FOR YOU ARE THE GREAT I AM, THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD of the UNIVERSE. FATHER I continue to pray for healing, not only for me but for my father and mother who suffer trauma and pain in their hearts from the past, healing from gall stones of Joel's wife, healing for Matet's brothers kidney, healing for everything that has wounded me, healing for my parents and my relationship with them, heal me O GOD AND provide for me the man YOU have chosen for me to marry. Thank YOU GOD that YOU have not forgotten me and that YOUR mercies are unending, flowing ever more. Have mercy on me O GOD and I pray that YOU will deal with everything that causes my heart to be weighed down, all those workers that are just abusing our business I pray that YOU cast them out O GOD and heal our workplace, our family, and I want to thank YOU for Anacel and Atty Yu for working with us and I pray that they will continue to do good work. I thank YOU for YOUR loving kindness and YOUR goodness in my life and I pray that I will continue to focus on YOU O GOD, help me to wait on YOU as I continue to wait on the promise YOU have given me, help me to wait with joy and expectancy because it's the only way for me to live when I hope in YOU my GOD and KING!!!! Please take care of me O GOD!!! Please be with Ate Peachy and Oding as we gather together once again, to fellowship, may YOU be praised and glorified. I pray for YOUR GRACE to just carry us through... I am so much in need of YOU FATHER GOD help me to be everything YOU want me to be and to do. Help me to be faithful because I cannot be faithful without YOU so I am depending on YOU for strength and power and will. Direct me GOD and let my heart be one with YOUR will. For YOU alone deserve all of me and all of my life I want to offer to YOU please take full control of me.
In the name of YESHUA AMEN!
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