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Hebrews 10:23-25

23 Let us hold firmly the public declaration of our hope without wavering,+ for the one who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider* one another so as to incite* to love and fine works,+ 25 not forsaking our meeting together,+ as some have the custom, but encouraging one another,+ and all the more so as you see the day drawing near.


For a couple weeks I have been hearing my Lords voice share these verses with me and it is the latter part that I have repeatedly been hearing... " All the more so, as you behold/ see the day drawing near."

The lesson in this for ME is...that we are to hold on firmly to our declaration of the CHRIST and not to forsake sharing the invitation in Revelation 22:17 as ones who do hear our lords voice and as part of HIS body that keep saying...


17 And the spirit and the bride+ keep on saying, “Come!” and let anyone hearing say, “Come!” and let anyone thirsting come;+ let anyone who wishes take life’s water free.+

It is this living water that comes from our Lord Jaheshua, the Holy one of Israel represented by Holy Spirit that he freely dispenses to those wishing and asking. It is this same water that he was speaking about to the Samaritan woman at the well when he told her that if she asked for the water that he would give her, she would NEVER get thirsty at all.

John 4:14 " whoever drinks from this water that I will give will never get thirsty at all, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water bubbling up to impart everlasting life."

You cannot get it from anyone else! You cannot get it from anywhere else!

Love to you all,
Your servant, slave and sister in CHRIST
Justmom ( Kim)

This is interesting JM, I have been hearing re the parable of the 'talents' (Matthew 25)and the importance of spending them, which clearly relates to what you've been hearing.

Loz x

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"This is my son. LISTEN to Him!"

Yes dear Loz, the parable of the talents seem to be ongoing for me. I will hear, " don't worry about anyone else and what or how they use theirs...just use/ spend YOUR talent!"

It is the spending of it that is important as we as slaves want to be able to tell our Lord when he returns that we invested well and did not hide or bury it.

Thank you for sharing what you have been hearing as it reminds me of the importance of it a well.

Love to you,
Your sister in CHRIST Justmom ( Kim)

Ok, maybe I'm hearing after all, just not recognizing it. <smile>
The parable of the talents has been in the forefront for me, too, lately.

~LQ

(Smile back) isn't unity wonderful?

Loz x

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I am SO loving this from you both right now. ( at LQ

Love ya Justmom.

LOLOL! Well, then, since you dear ones have been HEARING... perhaps you will allow yourselves to hear... AND DO... what our dear Lord and Bridegroom, the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah) SAYS:

[color=F0000]"Let the WHO HEARS... SAY... 'Come'!"[/color]

We hear him when he says to eat his flesh and drink his blood. We hear him when he says to wash one another's feet. We hear him when he says to stop judging. We hear him when he says "pray THIS way.". We hear him when he says we must love one another and love the Father and him more than any other. We hear him when he says to "Get out of her." We hear all of these things and more... and do all we can to do "just so."

Do we HEAR him, though, so as to OBEY... and DO... JUST SO... when he commands those who DO hear to SAY... "Come!"?

We do... if we TRULY believe him when HE said "he that is faithful in what is LEAST... is FAITHFUL... in MUCH."

May those who do hear... get the sense of this. And if it seems like such a small thing to do, remember: it IS. Which us the POINT: to obey, in even a SMALL way is BETTER than even a large "sacrifice."

Peace to you, all!

YSSFS of Christ,

Shellamar

YES to all of this my sister!

Anyone Come and take life's water FREE!...

And " I am coming quickly " is our lords words to us.

"Happy is he who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and who observe the things written in it. For the appointed time is near."

Thank you for the reminder of all the things that we know we hear him tell us, including the importance of this invitation as well.

Love to you all,
Your sister and fellow servant of CHRIST
Justmom

Interesting... I guess I'm going to have to go about this differently...

Happy is he who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy

Reading silently isn't an option here.

LOL!! That is exactly what I saw and said, okay, I'll read this aloud and started in the first chapter.
Tried to let our Lord tell me what I needed to hear and know.

I've read it a million times and never felt it this way before today. Interesting!

May Jah, the most holy one and his son our Lord Jaheshua be praised!

Love justmom

Wow! Thank you for this LQ. I never noted this before.

Loz x

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Ah, yes... the "little" things - LOLOLOL! Maybe it'll make more sense to you now... why... for YEARS... I have asked you (and others)... when we are together/on the phone... and you're reading... to do so out loud - LOLOLOL! It's kinda the same thing about when we pray - LOLOLOL!

Puts a whole "NEW LIGHT" on... well, things like maybe just exactly what our dear Lord means when he says "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord... and do not DO the things I SAY." Whole new meaning to doing "JUST SO," maybe? LOLOLOL!

I am OVERJOYED that you dear ones are trying/starting/returning to paying attention... to the LITTLE things. The world glosses them over in lieu of larger, bigger, grander, more "apparent" things. WE are told, however, it's NOT about the big things, the complicated things, the loud/boisterous things, the rocket science things... but about the little, perhaps even tiny (as in the size of a "MUSTARD seed", dear ones!!!)... simple (as in how OUR eye is to be!)... quiet (as in the low tone of our dear LORD's voice!)... elementary (as in ABC-123 such that we must become as SMALL CHILDREN, not as adult prodigies, to get it... even if we have the intellectual capacity to BE an adult prodigy!)... things.

Dear ones: the loud, pomp and circumstance, judgmental, superior/subordinate, how big is YOUR church and who worships there... melarkey is just that: melarkey (I know... it's properly spelled with an "a"... but I LIKE my "e" - LOLOL!). ALL of it. The whole "we are/must be separate from the world so we must LOOK different/separate from the world... by our robes, collars, hats, shoes, suits, skirts, bookbags, meetings, books, bibles... etc., etc., etc." is FALSE. It is a BURDEN, means NOTHING, is related to the OUTWARD appearance and NOT what is on the INSIDE... and so is nothing more than a machinating DISTRACTION... to mislead... IF POSSIBLE... EVEN the chosen ones!

We have one to look at... and listen to. In listening, though, we can hear ALL DAY LONG... but the bottom line is WHAT DO WE DO. Are we to JUST hearers of the Word... Christ? OR... DOERS... as to what THAT One says?

Who do you love? Are... you... SURE?

Again, I REJOICE that your eyes are (re)opening... and that you all are WAKING UP! It's a GOOD thing! LOLOLOL!

Peace to you ALL!

Your servant, sister, and fellow slave of CHRIST, our dear Lord, the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH... who is the ONLY Word of God... and so whose voice we MUST listen to... and OBEY... even in the "least" things... if we are to call ourselves HIS sheep... for HIS sheep hear... and OBEY... HIS voice,

Shellamar

P.S. (and again, peace to you, all!):

Regarding the term "read(ing) aloud"... I am directed to share with/remind you that, our dear Lord does NOT mean so loud that someone in the next room can hear you. As with prayer, it is vocal, yes - and so you close your door so that someone who MIGHT be within hearing range CAN'T hear you... because your prayer is for you and JAH; it is NOT so that you can APPEAR "righteous" to other people. Other people can't save us... so praying in front of THEM means... what? Nothing. No value at ALL. It is a sacred rite between YOU... and JAH... THROUGH Christ.

And so... one CAN whisper one's prayer, even pray almost silently... but with one's lips moving. As Hannah did. 1 Samuel 1:13

And it is the SAME... with reading prophecy inspired by JAH:

Although, when in the presence of other Body member, one should ALWAYS read aloud, because the purpose is for the building up OF THE BODY, and not just oneself (love... does not look out for its OWN interest(s)), when ALONE... we have Psalm 1:2... which is SCRIPTURE, to help us "hear" and understand what our dear Lord meant:

"Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night."

That word, "meditate," is INACCURATE here. The Hebrew word (taken from Greek, taken from OLD Hebrew/Aramaic) used here, hagah (Strong's H1897) means several things, including "to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak." Given the tradition of the Jews to read the scriptures ALOUD in the synagogues, as even our dear Lord did (when he read from Isaiah), the fomenters of "christendom" took the opposite stance and "decided" that, Christ being "quiet"... and the spirit "groanin... with words UNuttered"... meditation was the proper word. It is not. The PROPER word here is... "mutter." Or, as shown in the NWT and a few other Bible version:

"Happy is the man who does not walk according to the advice of the wicked
And does not stand on the path of sinners
And does not sit in the seat of scoffers.
But his delight is in the law of JaHVeH
And he reads His law in an undertone day and night."

Does this mean we must read the Bible day and night? No, dear ones: we are set FREE from the Law and so the ONLY Law we MUST adhere to.. day and night... is the Law of love. That is the fulfillment of both the Old AND New Law. However, when we DO read... SCRIPTURE (i.e., Moses, the Psalms, the Prophets, and the Revelation)... we should read it "in an undertone"... or at least, moving our lips. Why? Because we are showing that our heart... AND OUR MOUTHS are in UNISON! That our HEART is not saying ONE thing, while our mouth is saying another... or vice versa. At least, not when reading scripture... all of which contains... prophecy.

So, move your lips! When you read and when you pray! Because IT IS WITH THE MOUTH... that one makes PUBLIC declaration for salvation. And we are not alone. There may be no other human person watching... but you do NOT know whether there is a spirit person watching. And your declaration must be before them, as well.

BTW - Don't go getting as confused because the WTBTS Bible version has it right: they still can't SEE it... and so they don't DO it. Rather, they LOVE to read and pray aloud... VERY aloud, again, so as TO APPEAR righteous before others... rather than as the verse is trying to show us (when we are reading alone).

I hope this helps!

Again, peace to you, ALL!

YSSFS of Christ,

Shellamar

So, move your lips! When you read and when you pray! Because IT IS WITH THE MOUTH... that one makes PUBLIC declaration for salvation. And we are not alone. There may be no other human person watching... but you do NOT know whether there is a spirit person watching. And your declaration must be before them, as well.

Excellent point, thank you! We never know!!!!

Reading out loud for me personally, I always learn or catch something different than when I read it to myself prior. I'm gonna put this into practice even MORE!!!!

Reading aloud helps me " feel more"....what my Lord is telling me.

Thank you again for sharing,
Love Justmom

Amazing how that (can) works, eh, dear 'Mom (peace, luv!)? Another "help" is, when you aren't reading aloud (as well as when you are!)... to ask for, then let HIM read TO you... and LISTEN... for HIS voice/words... while you read. Amazing what you will hear... and learn ("No, child - that is NOT what it says; read it again. This time... hear the emphasis on the word 'my'"!). Can change the entire meaning of what you THOUGHT you had read/knew before!

Peace to you!

YSSFS of Christ,

Shellamar