Friday, 1 Tammuz 5785 / June 27, 2025
Event
Acts 18:1-8
English Standard Version
Paul in Corinth
1 After this Paul[a] left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
Psalm 78:17-31
English Standard Version
17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;
28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.
Event
Meeting work,
Here and Now
Here and Now
I didn't dream of anything but as I read GOD's word, GOD puts into my remembrance Harvey and our first meeting, the way he was with me, clearly wearing his heart out of his sleeves. I like that...
SOAP
Scriptures
Torah Parshat Korach, 6th Portion (Bamidbar (Numbers) 17:25-18:20)
SOAP
Scriptures
Torah Parshat Korach, 6th Portion (Bamidbar (Numbers) 17:25-18:20)
Numbers 18
1 Adonai said to Aharon, “You, your sons and your father’s family line will be responsible for anything that goes wrong in the sanctuary. You and your sons with you will be responsible for anything wrong in your service as cohanim. 2 But you are to bring your kinsmen, the tribe of Levi, along with yourselves, to work together with you and help you — you and your sons with you — when you are there before the tent of meeting. 3 They are to be at your disposal and perform all kinds of tasks related to the tent; only they are not to come near the holy furnishings or the altar, so that neither they nor you will die. 4 They will work together with you in your duties related to the tent of meeting, whatever the service in the tent may be; but an unauthorized person is not to come near you. 5 You will take charge of all the holy things and the altar, so that there will no longer be anger against the people of Isra’el. 6 I myself have taken your kinsmen the L’vi’im from among the people of Isra’el; they have been given as a gift to Adonai for you, so that you can perform the service in the tent of meeting. 7 You and your sons with you will exercise your prerogatives and duties as cohanim in regard to everything having to do with the altar and within the curtain. I entrust the service required of cohanim to you; the unauthorized person who tries to perform it is to be put to death.”
8 Adonai said to Aharon, “I myself have put you in charge of the contributions given to me. Everything consecrated by the people of Isra’el I have given and set aside for you and your sons; this is a perpetual law. 9 Here is what is to be yours of the especially holy things taken from the fire: every offering they make — that is, every grain offering, sin offering and guilt offering of theirs that they turn over to me — will be especially holy for you and your sons. 10 You are to eat it in an especially holy place; every male may eat it; it will be set apart for you.
11 “Also yours is the contribution the people of Isra’el give in the form of wave offerings. I have given these to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law. Everyone in your family who is clean may eat it. 12 All the best of the olive oil, wine and grain, the first portion of what they give to Adonai, I have given to you. 13 The first produce to turn ripe of all that is in their land, which they bring to Adonai, is to be yours; every clean person in your family may eat it.
14 “Everything in Isra’el which has been consecrated unconditionally is to be yours.
15 “Everything that comes first out of the womb, of all living things which they offer to Adonai, whether human or animal, will be yours. However, the firstborn of a human being you must redeem, and the firstborn of an unclean beast you are to redeem. 16 The sum to be paid for redeeming anyone a month old or over is to be five shekels of silver [two ounces], as you value it, using the sanctuary shekel (this is the same as twenty gerahs). 17 But the firstborn of an ox, sheep or goat you are not to redeem; they are holy — you are to splash their blood against the altar and make their fat go up in smoke as an offering made by fire, as a fragrant aroma for Adonai. 18 Their meat will be yours, like the breast that is waved and the right thigh — they will be yours. 19 All the contributions of holy things which the people of Isra’el offer to Adonai I have given to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law, an eternal covenant of salt before Adonai for you and your descendants with you.”
20 Adonai said to Aharon, “You are not to have any inheritance or portion in their land; I am your portion and inheritance among the people of Isra’el.
8 Adonai said to Aharon, “I myself have put you in charge of the contributions given to me. Everything consecrated by the people of Isra’el I have given and set aside for you and your sons; this is a perpetual law. 9 Here is what is to be yours of the especially holy things taken from the fire: every offering they make — that is, every grain offering, sin offering and guilt offering of theirs that they turn over to me — will be especially holy for you and your sons. 10 You are to eat it in an especially holy place; every male may eat it; it will be set apart for you.
11 “Also yours is the contribution the people of Isra’el give in the form of wave offerings. I have given these to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law. Everyone in your family who is clean may eat it. 12 All the best of the olive oil, wine and grain, the first portion of what they give to Adonai, I have given to you. 13 The first produce to turn ripe of all that is in their land, which they bring to Adonai, is to be yours; every clean person in your family may eat it.
14 “Everything in Isra’el which has been consecrated unconditionally is to be yours.
15 “Everything that comes first out of the womb, of all living things which they offer to Adonai, whether human or animal, will be yours. However, the firstborn of a human being you must redeem, and the firstborn of an unclean beast you are to redeem. 16 The sum to be paid for redeeming anyone a month old or over is to be five shekels of silver [two ounces], as you value it, using the sanctuary shekel (this is the same as twenty gerahs). 17 But the firstborn of an ox, sheep or goat you are not to redeem; they are holy — you are to splash their blood against the altar and make their fat go up in smoke as an offering made by fire, as a fragrant aroma for Adonai. 18 Their meat will be yours, like the breast that is waved and the right thigh — they will be yours. 19 All the contributions of holy things which the people of Isra’el offer to Adonai I have given to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law, an eternal covenant of salt before Adonai for you and your descendants with you.”
20 Adonai said to Aharon, “You are not to have any inheritance or portion in their land; I am your portion and inheritance among the people of Isra’el.
WWCF Readings
Psalm 56-58
Psalm 56
English Standard Version
In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[a] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;[b] all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
English Standard Version
In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[a] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;[b] all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;[c] put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
8 You have kept count of my tossings;[c] put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that[d] God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.
10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psalm 57
Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[e] of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
3 He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah
God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
4 My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
8 Awake, my glory![f] Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
3 He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah
God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
4 My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
8 Awake, my glory![f] Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
Bible in A Year
1 Kings 18:16-46; 1 Kings 19; Acts 17:22-34; Acts 18:1-8; Psalm 78:17-31
Acts 18:1-8
English Standard Version
Paul in Corinth
1 After this Paul[a] left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
Psalm 78:17-31
English Standard Version
17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;
28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.
Observation
In Numbers GOD had a special calling and gifting for the house of Aaron, he stands in the office as Priest and his family the Levites are to assist him serving GOD in HIS temple. They cannot own any land, because GOD provides for all their needs, HE is their inheritance, but they are to focus and dedicate their lives to serving GOD, but they inherit richly whatever is given to GOD is theirs.
In Psalms 57 David writes one of the most beautiful expressions of the human soul "I cry out to GOD Most High, to GOD who fulfills HIS purpose for me." David was King, he knows his purpose was to rule in righteousness, but he understood his weakness and humanity, he was humble before GOD because he knew he would never be king if it weren't for GOD and he was grateful & clingy to GOD. He was King but he was also like a Priest, GOD had a special anointing and calling on David and David needed GOD everyday to be able to led by HIS SPIRIT and walk in HIS ways.
Application
I am like from the family of Levites, I know I am a minister before GOD and to men. But at the same time, I am a ruler of my family business, I am a David, a king and priest, I know I must administer justice on the people under us, working for us and I am grateful for each one, praying for each one. I pray for everyone around me to seek GOD, to know GOD and serve him whole heartedly. My inheritance is GOD, whatever I will inherit I know I will be so happy, without strife and jealousy, what is mine will belong to me, GOD will make sure I will inherit my portion, the boundary lines have fallen for me on the beautiful places and I will indeed keep rejoicing in GOD my savior!
Prayers
Dear AVI,
Blessed are YOU O GOD Almighty YESHUA KING of the Universe!!! HOLY HOLY HOLY are YOU O GOD indeed YOU are faithful and true and no one compares to YOU! Thank YOU AVI, for everything YOU are doing in my life. Everything remains a mystery. Today I remember Harvey and the way he looked at me (so much attraction to me) I was drawn to it, I remember it today while I pray and read YOUR WORD I hear the phrase "The one who loves the most will inherit me" and while I talk to YOU about Harvey, Stephen sends me an email taking care of my father's business helping me by taking away my stress, he emails it at a time that I am still talking to YOU quite early at 7AM. Yet I have been dreaming of Thomas, the one who is so unlikely to love me. It is all a mystery, and exciting, who it is YOU have chosen for me but I am sticking around to see what YOU will do, my heart YOU have filled with hope, please show me the man who truly loves YOU, and if he loves YOU so much then let him love me too. Thank YOU for speaking to me today about Aaron's and David's, and Paul who was a tentmaker who served YOU all the rest of his life unmarried. One of them must be Paul and I think it is Stephen. One day he will love YOU, and serve YOU like Paul. Thank YOU GOD for this day, please bless my time with Leah and Charito who will meet today, let Leah understand how much she needs this book keeper to help her, to file her BIR Reports, please help her see the help I am giving her. I want her to see the importance, and I pray for my husband today, lead him to me, speak to him O GOD, fill him with YOUR HOLY GHOST fire, let him serve YOU and love YOU with all his might, let all his days be filled with YOUR Presence let him be led by YOU. I will know YOU have chosen my Aaron for me by the kind of flowers he would give to me, this is the sign I am asking of from YOU because YOU told me about it and even his spiritual gifts, YOU told me about it. O GOD, whoever he is, I know it is between Harvey and Thomas. Though I have dreamt of Thomas, dreams are not enough a confirmation for me, I want YOU to really bring him to me, to communicate, to connect. Thomas has not even responded to my chat, I am now willing to throw away this option until Harvey is the only man standing. LORD, let YOUR will be done, let YOUR kingdom come unto my husband and I. YOU have aligned me to what this kind of person will be, I know he will be someone who is focused on the calling YOU have placed in his life someone who loves YOU. I pray O GOD, have YOUR way in us. Thank YOU for this man. I pray continually for Dad and Mom to always be aligned to YOU, to always seek YOU, cling to YOU and live under the shelter of YOUR loving presence, I pray O GOD, let them experience YOU like they have never before. I pray O GOD, help me to understand who YOU have chosen for me. I pray O GOD, let me never be deceived, I pray O GOD, take care of me. I pray O GOD, guard our eyes this month of Tammuz and help us to enter the land of Promise. I pray O GOD, bless Stephen even as he defends us from our government. I pray O GOD, bring my husband to me, in JESUS Name, I pray O GOD, and thank YOU for killing the mosquito that's been bugging me. I pray O GOD, for the deliverance and salvation of Janie Rose & Mark, Jeah and her beloved, Erwin & Leah, Anacel, Jonathan, Rosielyn, Stephen and all those who are working for us, may YOUR WORD speak greatly in their hearts, I pray O GOD, have YOUR way in us. I pray for PaJoe to just let go of what YOU have told him in the past regarding me and Dominic and that Dominic is healed now and living in integrity serving YOU. I thank YOU for using him to set me free from Stephen, he has really helped me with being free from loving Stephen. Thank YOU for using everything for YOUR glory and purpose. I pray enable me to consistenly do OMAD especially during our Week of Fire. I pray O GOD, help us be a people YOU can use, in church, I pray for healing from all pain and trauma, I continue to pray for the salvation and healing of Fredo Ordoyo, Manuela Ugaddan, Evelyn Uy, Michael Placencia and Raymond Cal. I pray O GOD, have YOUR way in all of us, please take care of us. I pray O GOD, take care of us all and use us for YOUR glory and honor. For YOU deserve all the glory O GOD!
In the Name of JESUS KING of Glory, Amen!
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