May 30, 2025
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Praise:
Shabbat's prophetic portion contains a promise of God to His nation Israel and it also applies to us who are grafted into Israel's olive tree in Messiah Yeshua:
And I will be engaged [+ married] to you forever; yes, I will be engaged to you in righteousness, in justice, in covenant-love, in mercies, and…in faithfulness, and you shall know YHWH.
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Lord God, we thank You that Your desire for people to know You in a deep, personal manner is the ultimately goal of the prophesied New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34).
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Abba, we rejoice that in and through Messiah Yeshua, we know You personally (Matt. 11:27).
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Yeshua Lord, You are our righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30; Isa. 54:17b) and in Your righteousness we are able to come into God the Father's presence with great joy and boldness (Psa. 68:3; Heb. 4:15-16).
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We bless You for Your eternal love to Israel, as well as to us (Jer. 31:3; 2 Tim. 1:9).
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As Shavuot is celebrated this coming Sunday evening though Monday, we thank You, Lord Yeshua, for sending to us the promise of the Father – the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:32-33).
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