Sunday, 13 Tishrei 5786 / October 5, 2025
Event
Deuteronomy 33:1-7
Complete Jewish Bible
Parashah 54: V’Zot HaBrachah (This is the blessing) 33:1–34:12
1 This is the blessing that Moshe, the man of God, spoke over the people of Isra’el before his death:
2 “Adonai came from Sinai; from Se‘ir he dawned on his people,
shone forth from Mount Pa’ran; and with him were myriads of holy ones;
at his right hand was a fiery law for them.
3 He truly loves the peoples — all his holy ones are in your hand; sitting at your feet,
they receive your instruction,
Jeremiah 9 ESV
23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
25 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Colossians 1:24-29
English Standard Version
Paul's Ministry to the Church
1 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Colossians 2:1-5
English Standard Version
2 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Event
38th Anniversary WWCF, Rest, Worship
Here and Now
Call time is 7AM so I woke up 5:30AM and seems that devotional time is too short.
SOAP
Scriptures
Torah Parshat Vezot Hab'rachah, 1st Portion (Devarim (Deuteronomy) 33:1-33:7)
Here and Now
Call time is 7AM so I woke up 5:30AM and seems that devotional time is too short.
SOAP
Scriptures
Torah Parshat Vezot Hab'rachah, 1st Portion (Devarim (Deuteronomy) 33:1-33:7)
Deuteronomy 33:1-7
Complete Jewish Bible
Parashah 54: V’Zot HaBrachah (This is the blessing) 33:1–34:12
1 This is the blessing that Moshe, the man of God, spoke over the people of Isra’el before his death:
2 “Adonai came from Sinai; from Se‘ir he dawned on his people,
shone forth from Mount Pa’ran; and with him were myriads of holy ones;
at his right hand was a fiery law for them.
3 He truly loves the peoples — all his holy ones are in your hand; sitting at your feet,
they receive your instruction,
4 the Torah Moshe commanded us as an inheritance for the community of Ya‘akov.
5 Then a king arose in Yeshurun when the leaders of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Isra’el together.
5 Then a king arose in Yeshurun when the leaders of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Isra’el together.
6 “Let Re’uven live and not die out, even though his numbers grow few.”
7 Of Y’hudah he said: “Hear, Adonai, the cry of Y’hudah!
Bring him in to his people, let his own hands defend him; but you, help him against his enemies.”
7 Of Y’hudah he said: “Hear, Adonai, the cry of Y’hudah!
Bring him in to his people, let his own hands defend him; but you, help him against his enemies.”
WWCF Readings
Ezekiel 28-30
Ezekiel 28
Complete Jewish Bible
28 The word of Adonai came to me: 2 “Human being, tell the prince of Tzor that Adonai Elohim says:
‘Because you are so proud and have said, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of God, surrounded by the sea”; yet you are a man, not God, even though you think that you think like God.
3 Sure, you are wiser than Dani’el! No secret can be hidden from you!
4 By your wisdom and discernment you have acquired wealth,
you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth,
and it is because of your wealth that you have become so proud.
20 The word of Adonai came to me: 21 “Human being, turn your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it. 22 Say that Adonai Elohim says:
‘I am against you, Tzidon; but I will be glorified in you.
They will know that I am Adonai, once I execute judgments in her and show my holiness in her.
23 For I will send plagues into her, and blood will flow in her streets;
attacked from all sides by the sword, the wounded will fall within her.
Then they will know that I am Adonai.
24 “‘The house of Isra’el will no longer have a briar pricking away at them, no longer will any of its contemptuous neighbors be a thorn to stab them. Then they will know that I am Adonai Elohim.’
25 “Adonai Elohim says, ‘Once I have gathered the house of Isra’el from the peoples among whom they are scattered, once I have shown my holiness in them as the Goyim watch, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Ya‘akov. 26 They will have security when they live there, building houses and planting vineyards; yes, they will live in safety, once I have executed judgments against all their contemptuous neighbors. Then they will know that I am Adonai their God.’”
Ezekiel 28
Complete Jewish Bible
28 The word of Adonai came to me: 2 “Human being, tell the prince of Tzor that Adonai Elohim says:
‘Because you are so proud and have said, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of God, surrounded by the sea”; yet you are a man, not God, even though you think that you think like God.
3 Sure, you are wiser than Dani’el! No secret can be hidden from you!
4 By your wisdom and discernment you have acquired wealth,
you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth,
and it is because of your wealth that you have become so proud.
20 The word of Adonai came to me: 21 “Human being, turn your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it. 22 Say that Adonai Elohim says:
‘I am against you, Tzidon; but I will be glorified in you.
They will know that I am Adonai, once I execute judgments in her and show my holiness in her.
23 For I will send plagues into her, and blood will flow in her streets;
attacked from all sides by the sword, the wounded will fall within her.
Then they will know that I am Adonai.
24 “‘The house of Isra’el will no longer have a briar pricking away at them, no longer will any of its contemptuous neighbors be a thorn to stab them. Then they will know that I am Adonai Elohim.’
25 “Adonai Elohim says, ‘Once I have gathered the house of Isra’el from the peoples among whom they are scattered, once I have shown my holiness in them as the Goyim watch, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Ya‘akov. 26 They will have security when they live there, building houses and planting vineyards; yes, they will live in safety, once I have executed judgments against all their contemptuous neighbors. Then they will know that I am Adonai their God.’”
Ezekiel 29
CJB
13 “For this is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered — 14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of their origin, Patros. But there they will be a humble kingdom, 15 the humblest of kingdoms. It will never again dominate other nations; I will reduce them, so that they never again rule other nations. 16 Moreover, they will no longer be a source of confidence for Isra’el to turn to; rather, it will only bring to mind their guilt in having turned to them before. Then they will know that I am Adonai Elohim.’”
17 On the first day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year, the word of Adonai came to me: 18 “Human being, N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel had his army mount a massive expedition against Tzor; [the loads of dirt they carried] made every head bald and every shoulder raw; yet neither he nor his army derived any benefit from Tzor out of this expedition against it. 19 Therefore Adonai Elohim says, ‘I will give the land of Egypt to N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel. He will carry off its riches, take its spoil and its prey; and these will be the wages for his army. 20 I am giving him the land of Egypt as his wages for which he worked, because they were working for me,’ says Adonai Elohim. 21 ‘When that day comes I will cause power to return to the house of Isra’el, and I will enable you [Yechezk’el] to open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am Adonai.’”
13 “For this is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered — 14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of their origin, Patros. But there they will be a humble kingdom, 15 the humblest of kingdoms. It will never again dominate other nations; I will reduce them, so that they never again rule other nations. 16 Moreover, they will no longer be a source of confidence for Isra’el to turn to; rather, it will only bring to mind their guilt in having turned to them before. Then they will know that I am Adonai Elohim.’”
17 On the first day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year, the word of Adonai came to me: 18 “Human being, N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel had his army mount a massive expedition against Tzor; [the loads of dirt they carried] made every head bald and every shoulder raw; yet neither he nor his army derived any benefit from Tzor out of this expedition against it. 19 Therefore Adonai Elohim says, ‘I will give the land of Egypt to N’vukhadretzar king of Bavel. He will carry off its riches, take its spoil and its prey; and these will be the wages for his army. 20 I am giving him the land of Egypt as his wages for which he worked, because they were working for me,’ says Adonai Elohim. 21 ‘When that day comes I will cause power to return to the house of Isra’el, and I will enable you [Yechezk’el] to open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am Adonai.’”
Bible in A Year
Jeremiah 9:17-26; Jeremiah 10-11:1-17; Colossians 1:24-29; Colossians 2:1-5; Psalms 117:1-2
23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
25 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Jeremiah 11 ESV
The Broken Covenant
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 3 You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant 4 that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God, 5 that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”
6 And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and do them. 7 For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice. 8 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
The Broken Covenant
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 3 You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant 4 that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God, 5 that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”
6 And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and do them. 7 For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice. 8 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
English Standard Version
Paul's Ministry to the Church
1 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Colossians 2:1-5
English Standard Version
2 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Psalm 117
English Standard Version
The Lord's Faithfulness Endures Forever
1 Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
2 For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!
English Standard Version
The Lord's Faithfulness Endures Forever
1 Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
2 For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!
Observation
In Ezekiel 28 it is made clear that wisdom can make a human being proud and once pride sets in, destruction will surely follow because GOD opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Tzor was so wise he created wealth for himself but it causes destruction.
In Jeremiah 9 our pride should be only be in 1 thing, that we know the GOD of the Universe, the LORD who is infinite which will take more than a lifetime to know HIM. This is the only boasting that GOD accepts, that we know and understand GOD and who HE is, because HE delights in those that know HIM. While Jeremiah 11 warns me that people can be easily deceived and be unrepentant by following their stubborn evil heart.
Application
GOD is revealing my heart to me today, and I am humble with it. I am thankful that GOD is searching me and exposing my heart to myself. In Ezekiel 28 I am encouraged to continue to ask GOD for wisdom, I want to be wise beyond my years, I want the wisdom of GOD that starts with fearing GOD, I want to be like Daniel that shines like the stars in the sky. I am encouraged to continue to study GOD and HIS ways by HIS word through living out HIS WORD and letting HIM Speak to me and that we have to be careful and warry about our own hearts because too many times it deceives us into thinking we are doing what GOD wants. I want to be wise in that I will not be deceived by my own heart but I will continue to follow GOD overcoming all the evil of my heart and of this world.
Prayers
Dear AVI,
Blessed are YOU O GOD ALMIGHTY, Prince of Peace and KING of the Universe! How easily YOU have turned upside down and right side up in one day!!! Thank YOU for enabling me to fast and for continually speaking to me what I still lack within me that I need YOU to work on me. I want YOU to continue to mold me AVI, help me to be the best human being that I could be, in YOUR likeness and LOVE, to be effective as the salt and the light. O GOD, forgive all my wrongs, my failures, my weaknesses. I pray O GOD bless this day that YOU have made, all the songs, all our worship all our offerings unto YOU in church this morning. I pray O GOD, have YOUR way in us in all that we do and say. I pray O GOD, be glorified, be magnified, be lifted high in the praises of YOUR people as we celebrate 38 years of YOUR faithfulness to our Church WWCF - Cebu. O LORD, help us to remember and do our parts well, by YOUR SPIRIT and YOUR Grace at work within us causing us to be successful thank YOU dear LORD for the good health we enjoy, for the new workers in our house. Thank YOU for YOUR love, and I pray that YOUR Spirit will flow in our church and all the churches this morning, and that YOU will make YOURSELF known to us even deeper. Help us to submit and surrender all things to YOU O GOD, help us KING JESUS. I need YOU O LORD, We need YOU LORD. Even to humble ourselves before YOU is a work that could be done by the HOLY SPIRIT so help us O GOD, I pray for YOU to help me to sing and lead YOUR people well today in worship and all the rest of the leaders and the choir and the band O GOD flow through us in anointing power. O GOD, I pray sing through me, lead through me, because I can't do it without YOU. O GOD I just want to enjoy the Celebration but I also have to be alert and responsible so help me GOD. I pray for everybody O GOD, may we focus our attention on YOU and be blessed by YOU and receive our miracle and breakthrough today in worship and YOU coming down to us. I pray that YOU help our boys to know what to do in the work place, help them LORD, I pray. I ask YOU KING JESUS help us O LORD to live our lives pure and blameless before YOU. I pray that YOU will always guide me and lead me and my husband and our families. Thank YOU for always taking care of me O GOD and my heart to always be pleasing to YOU. I love YOU LORD! YOU are worthy of all my love, and devotion because YOU are GOD and my creator KING!!!
In the Name of YESHUA HaMashiach, my Savior Amen!
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