Thursday, 1 Shevat 5785 / January 30, 2025
Event
5th Day P&F, Work day, BIR Deadline
Here and Now
Exodus 12:21-28
English Standard Version
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
Event
5th Day P&F, Work day, BIR Deadline
Here and Now
Woke up 3:35AM and now I am doing devotion because after I pooped, I felt awake and not sleepy. Praise GOD for this 5th day of prayer and fasting.
SOAP
Scriptures
Torah: Parshat Bo, 5th Portion (Shemot (Exodus) 12:21-12:28)Scriptures
Exodus 12:21-28
English Standard Version
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
Last Night's Reading
Exodus 35-37
Bible in a Year
Job 15- Job 18; Matthew 20:20-34; Psalm 17:13-15
Job 15- Job 18; Matthew 20:20-34; Psalm 17:13-15
Job 17
7 My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.
8 Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
Matthew 20:20-34
English Standard Version
A Mother's Request
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 21 And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” 22 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” 23 He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” 24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,[b] 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
29 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. 30 And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord,[c] have mercy on us, Son of David!” 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” 32 And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” 33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” 34 And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.
Psalm 17:13-15
English Standard Version
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life.
You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
7 My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.
8 Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
Matthew 20:20-34
English Standard Version
A Mother's Request
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 21 And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” 22 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” 23 He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” 24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,[b] 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
29 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. 30 And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord,[c] have mercy on us, Son of David!” 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” 32 And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” 33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” 34 And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.
Psalm 17:13-15
English Standard Version
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life.
You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Observation
GOD is testing everybody, just as HE tested Job, David, and everyone else in HIS Story. The testing is for a purpose, and that purpose is to be able to be entrusted, equipped, enable to receive GOD's gift of blessing, and favor. We should allow GOD to move freely within us, especially allow GOD to even do the things we don't want to happen, but HE lets them happen anyway because HIS ways are deeper than ours, HIS thoughts are higher than ours. Whatever trials we are going through today, it is working out for us an eternal value of pure faith and pleasing character before GOD Almighty!
Application
As for me, I will hold on to GOD's Promises GOD has given me through HIS WORDS since long time past, Isaiah 34:16 GOD has prepared somebody for me, I will not lack what I have been desiring, I already have it, I am being equipped, prepared, expanded, transformed, molded to receive the precious gift GOD has prepared for me so that my blessings will not break me but will make me into the person that GOD has always destined me to be.
Prayers
Dear AVI,
Blessed are YOU O LORD, for YOU are indeed so great and glorious and Sovereign King reigning and controlling all things! Thank YOU my GOD for calling me YOUR own and making me who I am today, let YOUR Kingdom come and YOUR will be done. O GOD, Thank YOU for training me to be the best wife and mother to my future family, YOU have trained me so long and so strenuously because what YOU have for me is beyond my wildest imagination. Whoever he is O GOD, thank YOU for that very special man that YOU have chosen for me, thank YOU for YOUR grace and YOUR mercies upon the both of us, and our families. Help us O LORD, to identify one another right away when YOU bring us together help us to lift one another and let YOUR love and YOUR Spirit bind us together as one! Thank YOU for hearing my prayers for my parents not please I ask that YOU give my parents a new heart, a renew a right spirit within themselves. I pray that YOU continually humble Mom and all those who are so caught up in their pride, I pray that YOU always cover us with YOUR grace and the blood of JESUS so that none of us will ever go outside of GOD's will. Thank YOU for this time to pray O GOD Almighty! Let YOUR power and glory be ever so evident in my life and in the life of my spouse whom YOU are filling with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT so that he will be a useful servant of YOURS and a victorious warrior in YOUR Kingdom, Thank YOU for this man whom YOU have called to take care of me and love me. Thank YOU for his pure heart and that he only have eyes for one woman - the woman YOU have created for him, Marie Christine Yu. Thank YOU for our future adventures and how we will bring glory and honor to YOUR Name O GOD My GOD! Thank YOU for everything YOU are doing in our lives, I am excited LORD, I can almost see him with my eyes of faith!
In the Name of JESUS my Savior and King who is victorious in us, Amen!
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