Jesus word was with power and not like the scribes

 

Message on the Power of Following Jesus! This message is taken from Matthew  4:17-25.

The word disciple from the Jewish bible is Talmidim, those who were chosen were referred to as talmidim. They would literally follow in the dust of their rabbi - desiring to emulate him in all of his mannerisms. They would eat the same food in exactly the same way as their rabbi. They would go to sleep and awake the same way as their rabbi and, more importantly, they would learn to study Torah and understand God the exact same way as their rabbi.

As a child of six, you would go to the synagogue and the most respected man in the city would greet you with a slate and he would put a dollop of honey on the slate and then he would remove the ancient scroll of the Torah. As you sat speechless and in awe, the rabbi would have you taste the honey on your slate and tell you that the Torah is sweeter than the honeycomb.

See: Psa 19:10 - More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

 

Joe Cacho with Milagro

 

A prayer of lament for the families of Sandy Hook, adapted from Psalm 22.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken Sandy Hook?

Why were you so far from saving your children,

so far from their cries of anguish?

My God, they cried out by day, but you do not answer,

by night their parents will find no rest.

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;

you are the one we are supposed to praise.

In you our ancestors put their trust;

they trusted and you delivered them.

To you they cried out and were saved;

in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

But these parents are broken and barely able to breathe,

how can they praise you?

Do not be far from these families,

for heartbreak and trouble are all around them

and there is no one to help.

They are poured out like water,

and all their bones are out of joint.

Their hearts have turned to wax;

they have melted from all the pain.

Their mouths are dried up like a desert,

and their tongue sticks to the roof of their mouths;

for you have laid them down in the dust of death.

Hounds of media surround them,

like a pack of villains they encircle them;

they pierce their hearts and trample on their souls.

All their pain and grief and loss is on display;

people will stare and point at them for days to come.

But you, Lord, do not be far from them.

You are their strength;

come quickly to help the families of Sandy Hook.

Deliver them from the gun,

their future from the power of the despair.

Rescue them from the mouth of death;

save them from the darkness that is all around.

You are the Lord on high,

you can do this.

Do not forsake your people.

Amen.

 

Dr. Gonzales bring an anointed message on Psalm 131, be blessed as you hear this message delivered in a humorous unique way.

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