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Natszal: Preparing for Passover VII (Free Seder) 12

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Preparing for Passover

VII

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When is Passover in 2010?

Passover in 2010 will start on Tuesday, the 30th of March

and will continue for 7 days until Monday, the 5th of April.

Note that in the Jewish calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day,

so observing Jews will celebrate Passover on the sunset of Monday, the 29th of March.

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‘IN THE LATTER DAYS, PEOPLE WOULD BE LOVERS OF SELF RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD’

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LastCall: Why did God choose Mary -Mike MacIntosh

And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name."
Luke 1:46-49

Why did God choose Mary to be the mother of Jesus? Was she more spiritual than all other women? Was she better-equipped to be Jesus' mother than anyone else? Quite the opposite. Mary was a poor, lowly maidservant, probably not more than about 14 years old when she gave birth to Jesus.

She didn't have a lot of money, and when it came to motherhood, she had no experience. In fact, she wasn't even married. Can you imagine how embarrassing her pregnancy must have been? Not to mention frightening? It wouldn't have been easy for anyone, much less someone as young, poor, and inexperienced as Mary. But God didn't choose Mary in spite of her weakness -- He chose her because of it.

"My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior," she told Elizabeth while pregnant with Jesus. "He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name." It's amazing that despite all the cards that were stacked against her, Mary rejoiced. It's fascinating that even though she had every reason to be worried and ashamed, Mary worshiped.

You see, God chose Mary because He could be glorified through her. He chose to use someone so obviously weak, that He could prove Himself strong. He selected someone who wouldn't -- and couldn't -- take the credit for all that He was about to do. He selected someone who would not only trust Him, but who would rejoice in Him.

Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 12:10, "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." So often, we see our weaknesses as detrimental, but our weaknesses are opportunities for God to show His strength in our lives. "God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty" (1 Corinthians 1:27). In our weakness, He is strong.

Don't be discouraged by reproaches, needs, persecutions, and distresses. If your life is uncomfortable, you are usable. If you feel inadequate, He is more than capable. The key is to never stop trusting, and never stop rejoicing. "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4).

May you be able to say, like Mary, that "He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name." May you throw up your hands in complete worship of God, your Savior, no matter the circumstances that surround you. And may He work powerfully in your life, not just in spite of your weaknesses, but because of them.

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God Bless America: "The Christian in America"

“The Christian in America”

I pray for America and Americans

ALL OF THEM

We aren’t about Glenn Beck, Tiger Woods, the Sweet sixteen, or the NFL Draft. We aren’t Democrat or Republican, Communist, Socialist, Progressive, regressive, Founding Fathers or bastard sons. We aren’t illegal immigrants or legal conquerors, native victims or wayward saints. It isn’t atheism, Catholicism, Protestant, Wiccan, Jew, Islam, law abiding, anarchist, drug addict, sexual predator, puritan politician, free enterprise, greed, or poverty. It isn’t humanist, Pentecostalist, Fundamentalist, Mormon, Jehovah Witness, the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It isn’t freedom or slavery, debtedness, credit, the number of houses you own or how many guns you can carry, hide, horde or shoot someone with.

It isn’t any of these things.

It is God.

God Bless America.

It is

We the People.

Get over it.

We aren’t perfect

We are American

The Christian in America is a little confused but that’s Ok. Most Americans call themselves Christian and that’s a good thing. It means God can sort em out not you or me.

We?

We need to be people of Jesus if we say we believe in him. Not People of the Union of Democratic States, or Obamacare recipients, or Card Carrying members of some party or political agenda.

We need to be like Jesus. All about our Fathers Business. Since he cares for the Sinner and the Saint, we better also.

So if you can help a homeless person, do it in Jesus Name and if he wants what you got, he will ask you. Be Jesus, Be a Christian, be the Salt of the Earth not the raiser of High Blood Pressure.

You don’t put salt in a wound and you don’t force faith.

Neither one “feels good.”

Remember, for some people in this world, this is their heaven, while for a Christian this is your hell.

America is only as great as we Pray and Obey.

Not Protest and Unrest.

We are American Christians.

We are not a political party.

We are a people of God.

We were born for such a time as this.

We are the Light of the World

You Are.

“Let your light so shine before men,

That they may see your good works

And Give Glory to God in Heaven.”

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

REUTERS: WORLD NEWS

· UK expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai passports - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Clinton in Mexico for "real deal" talks on drug war - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Netanyahu in U.S.: Jerusalem not a settlement - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· South Africa police fire buckshot at township rioters - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Thailand extends security law for protests - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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· UK passport misuse 'intolerable' - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Obama to meet Israel PM Netanyahu - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Yemen rally for child bride law - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

· Row grows over West Bank deaths - Monday, March 22, 2010

· Rafsanjani grandson held in Iran - Monday, March 22, 2010

THE GUARDIAN WORLD NEWS UK

· UK expels Israeli diplomat over cloned passports

· Obama signs healthcare bill into law

· Cameron demands lobbying inquiry

· Google pulls out of China

· Drug murders spiral out of control

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· Obama: Health Bill Is 'New Season For US'

· Miliband: Israel Behind Dubai Hit Passports

· Nationwide Strikes As Sarkozy Reshuffles Team

· Mum Tortured Girls And Kept Bodies In Freezer

· Historic Schindler's List For Sale At £1.45m

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LastCall: (Genesis 41:37-57) prepared by God -Bob Caldwell

Prepared by God

“And Pharaoh said to his servants, ‘Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?’” -Genesis 41:38

Joseph’s relationship with God had come a long way. He had been trained in the school of the Spirit within the furnace of affliction. God’s own custom discipleship program that no institution can duplicate. God will put all of His children through a process of testing and training through the providential events of life unique to each one of us. As we pass through these events in life they become a place where we are tested in the practical outworking of the things we are learning in God’s Word as we are taught by the Holy Spirit. It is similar to a student chemist who after class time is sent to the laboratory to test the principles of science he has learned. In the laboratory of life’s trials, God uses the Holy Spirit to teach us, and guide us through the process that is preparing us for our God-given destiny.

For Joseph, his laboratory included how he would embrace the prophetic dream he was given as a teen about his future. Then the hate and rejection of his brothers, being sold as a slave, unjustly thrown into prison for doing what was right, and being forgotten in prison by Pharaoh’s butler. Each of these events were allowed by God to shape Joseph’s character. How he responded would shape him. He would either become a man embittered and hopeless, or a man of faith who yielded to the Holy Spirit as he went through each painful situation he faced.

As Pharaoh declared, these severe trials in Joseph’s life were embraced by him to make him a man of God filled with the Spirit of God. Each one of us writes our own destiny upon the pages of our life as we respond to the book of events given to us by God.

Genesis 41:37-57

Joseph's Rise to Power

37 So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt. 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly. 48 So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

v. 39 God Has Shown – By this acknowledgment of Pharaoh it is clear that Joseph made sure that he did not seek or try to share in God’s glory. It is to such people that God is able to entrust His power.

v. 42 Signet Ring – This seal would give Joseph, as Prime Minister, the power to implement edicts necessary for managing the government.

Clothed Him – This would have been fine muslin or a white cotton fabric.

Gold Chain – Used as a sign of honor, which Egyptian monuments attest to.

v. 43 Second Chariot – This processional was to publicly honor Joseph and validate his position as second in command of the Egyptian Empire. What an amazing turn of events God can work! From the shame of a prisoner to the honor of a Prime Minister.

v. 45 Zaphnath-Paaneah – There is uncertainty as to the exact meaning of this Egyptian name. Some possible definitions given are “revealer of secrets” and “abundance of life.”

Asenath – This Egyptian wife was given to further identify Joseph with the people he would be leading.

Poti-Pherah – This name means “he whom Re has given.” Re was the sun god.

Priest of On – The sun god, Re, was worshipped at this city. It would later be called Heleopolis by the Greeks, which in Greek means “city of the sun.”

Throughout All – First Joseph traveled extensively within Egypt to determine the agricultural production and then the primary locations that were best for gathering and the eventual distribution of produce.

50 And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” 52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, 54 and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.” 56 The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. 57 So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

v. 51 Manasseh – “Nashah” (Heb.) means “to forget.” The tribe of Joseph will often be referred in the listing of the 12 tribes in later years by Manasseh or his brother Ephraim, or both.

v. 52 Ephraim – “Eshrayim” (Heb.) means “double fruit.”

Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction – As is often the case in the lives of God’s people, out of suffering and affliction God produces great blessing. It is so for many reasons, however, one principle is that God knows blessing without a humble recognition of God as the source will produce the destructive pride that was Satan’s fall.

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ClassicChristian: But could the stones cry out? -Spurgeon

"His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Luke 22:44

The mental pressure arising from our Lord's struggle with temptation, so forced his frame to an unnatural excitement, that his pores sent forth great drops of blood which fell down to the ground. This proves how tremendous must have been the weight of sin when it was able to crush the Saviour so that he distilled great drops of blood! This demonstrates the mighty power of his love.

It is a very pretty observation of old Isaac Ambrose that the gum which exudes from the tree without cutting is always the best. This precious camphire-tree yielded most sweet spices when it was wounded under the knotty whips, and when it was pierced by the nails on the cross; but see, it giveth forth its best spice when there is no whip, no nail, no wound. This sets forth the voluntariness of Christ's sufferings, since without a lance the blood flowed freely. No need to put on the leech, or apply the knife; it flows spontaneously. No need for the rulers to cry, 'Spring up, O well;' of itself it flows in crimson torrents. If men suffer great pain of mind apparently the blood rushes to the heart.

The cheeks are pale; a fainting fit comes on; the blood has gone inward as if to nourish the inner man while passing through its trial. But see our Saviour in His agony; he is so utterly oblivious of self, that instead of his agony driving his blood to the heart to nourish himself, it drives it outward to bedew the earth. The agony of Christ, inasmuch as it pours him out upon the ground, pictures the fulness of the offering which he made for men.

Do we not perceive how intense must have been the wrestling through which he passed, and will we not hear its voice to us? 'Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.' Behold the great Apostle and High Priest of our profession, and sweat even to blood rather than yield to the great tempter of your souls.

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"I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." Luke 19:40

But could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if He who opens the mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly if they were to speak, they would have much to testify in praise of Him who created them by the word of His power; they could extol the wisdom and power of their Maker who called them into being. Shall not we speak well of Him who made us anew, and out of stones raised up children unto Abraham?

The old rocks could tell of chaos and order, and the handiwork of God in successive stages of creation's drama; and cannot we talk of God's decrees, of God's great work in ancient times, in all that He did for His church in the days of old? If the stones were to speak, they could tell of their breaker, how he took them from the quarry, and made them fit for the temple, and cannot we tell of our glorious Breaker, who broke our hearts with the hammer of His word, that He might build us into His temple?

If the stones should cry out they would magnify their builder, who polished them and fashioned them after the similitude of a palace; and shall not we talk of our Architect and Builder, who has put us in our place in the temple of the living God? If the stones could cry out, they might have a long, long story to tell by way of memorial, for many a time hath a great stone been rolled as a memorial before the Lord; and we too can testify of Ebenezers, stones of help, pillars of remembrance.

The broken stones of the law cry out against us, but Christ Himself, who has rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulchre, speaks for us. Stones might well cry out, but we will not let them: we will hush their noise with ours; we will break forth into sacred song, and bless the majesty of the Most High, all our days glorifying Him who is called by Jacob the Shepherd and Stone of Israel.

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