3 September 2026

21 Elul 5986 Thursday 

Event: Cobe's 13th birthday

Here and Now:
I am thankful today that even though there are challenges at work, and I have to gird on my belt for another sort of war, GOD also gives me rest at night that I am able to sleep well event though I wake up really early to spend time with GOD because HE really awakens me before 4AM. It truly is a different season and I need to cling to GOD more and more for every season HE takes me into.

SOAP

Torah: Nitzavim: Deuteronomy 29:9-28

Deuteronomy 29
28The hidden things belong to the Lord, our God, but the revealed things apply to us and to our children forever: that we must fulfill all the words of this Torah.

The entire bible in a year:   Day 246 — Hoshea 8–10 and Ephesians 2 🌿

Hosea 8:4 “They set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold

They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.
7 “They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

14 14 “For Israel has forgotten his Maker,
And has built [f]temples;
Judah also has multiplied fortified cities;
But I will send fire upon his cities,
And it shall devour his [g]palaces.”
Hosea 10: 3 For now they say, “We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord. And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
4 They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Ephesians 2

19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Observation:

GOD is a jealous GOD, just as as a manager of our family business, I don't like it when workers do things I didn't command them to do or not do the things that I ordered them to do. When GOD said they set up kings, but not by ME, it means, they just did things their own way. They sow the wind,  meaning they sow Wind representing emptiness, futility, or worthless pursuits. Israel invested in idols, foreign treaties, and self-made kings instead of covenant loyalty to God and they reaped chaos. Because they have forgotten the LORD their GOD. My HR officer have forgotten me because she thought I was moving abroad so she made herself HR head she asserted power and now has fallen down because of her abuse. I see the same thing happening in Church where the Elder's wife thinks she's better than our pastors being bitter towards them spreading her bitterness towards everyone she talks to so our voice teacher also have become bitter and is asserting the same power and authority that is beyond herself and spreading the same bitter root towards younger members. May the LORD bring judgement towards the unlawful and dishonoring. May the LORD cause them to repent and if not uproot those that are hurting HIS heart by hurting our Pastors.

Application:

I ask GOD  to forgive me if ever I had forgotten HIM when I thought Mosab was my husband, so that I didn't  do my regular devotional, to forgive me for trusting the HR personnel who was not worthy of trust to be faithful to watch over the Mandaue Warehouse Office that was entrusted to me and our family. I will pray for the church to be uprooted by bitterness and jezebels rebellion. I am praying for the work place to have only good workers. Build me up once again and build up YOUR true children in church so that WE WILL be a temple that YOUR HOLY SPIRIT can dwell in.

Prayer:

FATHER, HOLY ARE YOU O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!!! Forgive me for taking for granted the office and business YOU have graciously entrusted to me, O LORD my GOD, help me to be even more watchful and vigilant over where YOU have put me and to keep clinging to YOU to work out everything for our good, the good of YOUR people and YOUR company. I prayfor our church to be rid of jezebels rebellion and bitterness, I pray O GOD have mercy on us in church and I ask that YOU cover YOUR people with the blood of the Lamb, forgive all our inquities and heal all our pain, heal Pastor Timmy and Achi Grace from all the hurts they been through with people who stand agains them, keep them strong and faithful, unmoved by anyone's bickering and hate talk, I pray the same for Kim and the leaders GOD has put in church, keep YOUR flock pure and protect us from any bitterness that will try to inflict us. O GOD, i pray for my parents to release me to be  married to the husband YOU have chosen for me, please don't give me anyone lesser than Mosab Hassan Yousef but let him be even better than he is, let him be here in Cebu  already, bring us together as one O GOD, draw our hearts each day to YOU so we can cling to YOU, love YOU and do everything that YOU want us to do. LORD, I want YOU to make it clear to me please I want to meet him this Shabbat at Saffron Cafe where we will have our meeting with my neighbors, please bring him to me or bring us together in this season O GOD, I pray bless our meeting please O GOD, let YOUR WILL be done already O GOD!!! Remember me O GOD, and I pray that my family will release me, and bless me and realize all that YOU made me do for them in this lifetime. I pray O GOD let everything happen according to YOUR will and please make my heart aligned to YOUR will. Please O GOD, help me to just be ONE WITH YOU IN ALL THINGS AND my family understand YOUR heart in all things and appreciate my dedication to follow YOU in all things. FOR YOU deserve all the glory, honor, power and praise!

IN the NAME OF YESHUA I seek and pray, AMEN!

FROM COPILOT:

💧 Reflection: “Returning to the Heart of God”

In Hoshea 8–10, I ask myself, did I forget YOU LORD when I left the work for sabbatical that I came back to a chaotic workplace? Did I set up a false king Mosab so that I have not pleased YOU?

In Ephesians 2, Paul reveals the mystery of mercy fulfilled: “By grace you have been saved through faith.” Once dead in sin, we are now alive in Christ—no longer strangers, but citizens of His Kingdom. The walls of hostility crumble; the cross becomes our meeting place with God and one another.

Together, these passages whisper the same truth: repentance is not punishment—it’s restoration. God’s discipline is love’s language, drawing us back to His covenant heart.

❤️ Prayer

Lord, break the fallow ground within me. Teach me to sow righteousness and reap mercy. Thank You for making me alive in Christ— for tearing down walls and building me into Your dwelling place. Let my life reflect Your steadfast love today. Amen.

Would you like me to craft a Talk It Over reflection for sharing with your Bible‑in‑a‑Year group, or a personal journal entry to deepen your private meditation?