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| Torah: Deut. 7:12–11:25 | Haftara: Isa. 49:14–51:3 | Brit Chadashah: Jn. 13:31–14:31 Heb. 11:8-13 Rom. 8:31-39 |
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| Ekev (On the Heel of) עֵקֶב |
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Deut. 7:12–11:25 |
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Adonai Desires to Bless12 “Then it will happen, as a result of your listening to these ordinances, when you keep and do them, that Adonai your God will keep with you the covenant kindness that He swore to your fathers. 13 He will love you, bless you and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your soil, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. 14 From all peoples, you will be blessed—there will not be male or female barren among you or your livestock. 15 Adonai will remove all sickness from you, and He will not inflict on you any of the terrible diseases of Egypt that you knew, but will inflict them on all who hate you. 16 “You will devour all the peoples Adonai your God gives over to you. Your eye is not to pity them. You are not to serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. 17 Suppose you say in your heart, ‘These nations are more numerous than I—how can I drive them out?’ 18 You are not to be afraid of them. You are to be sure to remember what Adonai your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: 19 the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm[a] by which Adonai your God brought you out. So will Adonai your God do to all the peoples you fear. 20 “Moreover, Adonai your God will send the hornet against them, until the survivors and those in hiding perish before you. 21 You should not be terrified of them, since Adonai your God is in your midst—a great and awesome God. 22 Adonai your God will drive away those nations before you little by little—you will not be able to put an end to them all at once, or else the beasts of the field will multiply on you. 23 But Adonai your God will give them over to you, and He will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deut.+7%3A12%E2%80%9311%3A25+&version=TLV |
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Isaiah 49 : 14 – 51 : 3 |
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14 But Zion said: “Adonai has forsaken me, Adonai has forgotten me.” 21 Then you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me? 22 Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Look, I will lift My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples! 24 Can plunder be taken from the mighty, or captives of the righteous freed? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isa.+49%3A14%E2%80%9351%3A3+&version=TLV |
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Jn. 13:31–14:31
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John 13 : 31 – 14 : 31Leaving a Legacy of Love31 Then when Judah had gone out, Yeshua said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him! 32 If God is glorified in Him,[a] God will glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. 33 Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will search for Me; and just as I told the Judean leaders, so I say to you now, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 34 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you must love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” 36 “Master, where are You going?” Simon Peter said to Him. Yeshua answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow Me later.” 37 Peter said to Him, “Master, why can’t I follow You now? I’ll lay down my life for You!” 38 Yeshua answers, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Amen, amen I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times!” The Way to the Father’s House14 “Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”[b] 5 Thomas said to Him, “Master, we don’t know where You are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you have come to know Me, you will know My Father also. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn.+13%3A31%E2%80%9314%3A31&version=TLV Hebrews 11 : 8 – 138 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he migrated to the land of promise as if it were foreign, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob—fellow heirs of the same promise. 10 For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11 By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive[a] when she was barren and past the age, since she considered the One who had made the promise to be faithful. 12 So from one—and him as good as dead—were fathered offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and as uncountable as the sand on the seashore.[b] 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised—but they saw them and welcomed them from afar, and they confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+11+%3A+8+%E2%80%93+13+&version=TLV Romans 8 : 31 – 3931 What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? [a] 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. [b] 34 Who is the one who condemns? It is Messiah,[c] who died, and moreover was raised,[d] and is now at the right hand of God and who also intercedes for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; 37 But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rom.+8%3A31-39&version=TLV
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EagleWings Online Radio Sowing a Seed
Donating Sowing a seed into EagleWings Online Radio
As Christians we have heard it before, especially in the Born-Again, Charismatic and Pentacostal circles.
When you sow a seed in faith the return will be hundredfold.
How many people do you know that have sown a seed and didn't receive this back in a Hundredfold, maybe not even in a Tenfold, or Fivefold.
We at EagleWings Online Radio do believe and pray for it that you will sow a seed into our ministry and will receive that Hundredfold return.
But before you do, we would like you to read this article and prepare your heart and yourself to receive this Hundredfold return.
Seeding for the harvest
The Bible teaches us in Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." As long as there is an earth and as long as there are people on the earth the soil will be prepared for seeding and the harvest.
Not to long ago I heard the following story.
There where two farmers, right here in overly Hot and Dry Texas and they where both praying for rain on their farms.
One of the Farmers started to plow that land and he bought the seeds, the other, stayed in his livingroom on his knees. Then the rain came.
Who do you think trusted the Lord for the rain to come?
When we as Christians want to bring in the harvest we are exactly in the same boot. We do need to pray for the rain and prepare to be ready with our seed.
This seeding and the harvest of the crop is exactly what Jesus told us about in Mark 4. When we start praying for the rain so that the seeds will grow, we will be able to expect a Hundredfold return.
The question is where do you sow your seeds, on the wayside, where it will be picked up by the birds, inbetween the rocks, where there is not enough soil to grow, in with the weeds, where it will be smothered, or in solid, good, ripe soil.
When you seed into EagleWings Online Radio we expect that you will be seeding to grow the Kingdom of God.
When you seed from your ministry into ours, you sow a seed to receive that blessing back in a Hundredfold into your ministry.
I personally believe that if you trust God to give you a quick return on your buck, that you are indeed seeding unto the wayside.
Yes we are still happy with your donation, but it is not a seed is it. A seed given in faith is one that builds up on the Kingdom of God.
The Principle
Every harvest requires seed, when you want corn, you plant corn, when you want potatoes, you plant potatoes. When you seed into a ministry to spread more of the word of God, you will receive more of the word of God. When you seed to support the youth you will receive more of, yes you have the picture. Mark 10:29-30
Faith
The one thing we do need to discuss here is that you do sow your seed in expectation, in faith, in what you believe in, your hundredfold return.
Mark 21:22 reads "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
Mark 4:20 "And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred."
When this is in your heart you know it already, "For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." Mark 7:8
God Bless You and thank you for your donation or seed.
Christiaan J. de Ruiter, Th.D.
