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Matt 1:21 "And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins." (NAS unless indicated)

1Chr 16:23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.

Isa 25:9 …"Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

Isa 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness…

Hab 3:18 Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19 "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Exod 15:2 "The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; …I will extol Him.

2Sam 22:3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior…

2Tim 2:10 …that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus …

Heb 5:9 … He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

Ps 28:8 The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving^H3444 defense to His anointed. 9 Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

H3444 (Strong) - Transliteration: Yshuw`ah - Phonetic: yesh-oo'-aw - Definition:

Isa 45:22 "Turn to Me, and be saved ^H3467, … For I am God, and there is no other.

H3467 (Strong) - Transliteration: Yasha` - Origin: a primitive root - Definition:

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved^G4982 through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

G4982 (Strong) - Transliteration: Sozo - Definition:

Matt 24:13 "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved.

Isa 52:7 How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved."

Rev 19:1 After these things I heard, as it were, a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God;

Luke 1:77 To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

Luke 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"

Acts 13:47 "For thus the Lord has commanded us, 'I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, That You should bring salvation to the end of the earth.'"

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Gen 49:18 "For Thy salvation I wait, O LORD.

Ps 119:166 I hope for Thy salvation, O LORD, And do Thy commandments.

Ps 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.

Isa 45:17 Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation…

Isa 51:6 "Lift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment, And its inhabitants will die in like manner, But My salvation shall be forever, And My righteousness shall not wane.

Phil 2:12 … work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

Heb 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? …

Heb 5:9 … He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

Heb 9:28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

1Pet 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

929 (yāsha‘) be saved, be delivered (Niphal); save, deliver, give victory, help; be safe; take vengeance, preserve (Hiphil); salvation, deliverance.

yāsha‘ and its derivatives are used 353 times. In the OT the kinds of distress, both national and individual, include enemies, natural catastrophies, such as plague or famine, and sickness. The one who brings deliverance is known as the "savior." …for it was YHVH who wrought the deliverance. Thus he is known as the "God of our salvation" (Ps 68:19).

Salvation may be not only offensive, but also defensive. The protective nature of salvation is seen in other concepts, namely "the shield of salvation" (Ps 18:35), "a helmet of salvation" (Isa 59:17; Eph 6:17), "the garments of salvation" (Isa 61:10). Thus salvation is not merely a momentary victory on the battlefield; it is also the safety and security necessary to maintain life unafraid of numerous dangers. As the OT looks for the city of God at the end of the age, it sees that its walls will be called "Salvation" (Isa 60:18). This city is only for the righteous, and it provides all the security attending salvation (Isa 26: 1).

The word "save" developed a theological meaning in that God saves by forgiving sin and by changing the character of an individual; e.g. "I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned" (Ezk 37:23). … In Jer 17:14 "save" parallels "heal"; i.e. salvation becomes a dynamic force bringing emotional and physical well-being.

All of YHVH’s saving deeds are built on righteousness, reflected by the fact that "righteousness" and "salvation" are often found in parallelism (Isa 51:8). …God is true to the covenant and to the creation of man in his own image by acting to provide man a means of deliverance from his original disobedience. In this regard God fulfills his responsibility as Redeemer through being a Savior. YHVH is thus known as "a righteous God and a Savior" (Isa 45:21).

• deeds of salvation destroy the purposes of the forces of evil…
• every victory moves toward the final salvation for all of his people
• only a god who can save is worthy of worship
• To ensure that the deeds of salvation are not viewed as a mere accident of history, YHVH reveals what he is going to do before he does it (Isa 43:12).
• He is faithful to His word by performing it (salvation)
• The saving deed then is determinative for the nature of each generation’s relationship with YHVH, and its proclamation inspires the faith to establish and to maintain the relationship (Isa 52:7).
• salvation witnesses to the fact that God cares about his people; salvation flows from his love (Deut 7:7). Salvation is thus God’s love in action.
• Salvation witnesses to the active presence of God among his people and with his leaders. Many commissioned with a task were promised his presence in a special way. God promised Jeremiah, "I am with you to deliver you" (Jer 1:8, 19; Mt 28:20).
• Thus the presence of God among his people accomplishes their deliverance from adversaries and out of troubles.

• Man’s immediate response to God’s saving deeds, actual or anticipated, is in hymns of praise. The Song of the Sea was composed and sung immediately following the deliverance at the Red Sea (Ex 15:1-18)
• Isaiah’s description of salvation through the coming Messiah is followed by song in chapter 12, and three of the servant songs end with singing: 42:10; 49:13; 54:1.
• Singing gives expression to the joy attending God’s salvation. Joy is frequently mentioned as man’s inner response to God’s victory (Ps 13:5).
• those who have received YHVH’s help feel compelled to share it with others; "I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation" (Ps 40:10).
• God’s salvation fills life with meaning and joy.

Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

Proverbs 28:18 He who walks blamelessly will be delivered, But he who is crooked will fall all at once.

Almighty YHVH - we wait for Your deliverance now and forevermore.

"The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm." H.W. Arnold

Losing one’s enthusiasm to me is not having a good vision of where we are going and what our place is in YHVH’s vision or plan. The Great, Almighty One, had a plan for mankind from the beginning - to create us in His image. We missed the boat, so to speak, but YHVH has not given up. We can enthusiastically look for salvation and being a son of the Living God.

1John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God...

1John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Thank You Father for Your faithfulness. Help us to enthusiastically seek You until the very end.

1. Which book contains the Scripture, "Who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin"?
2. What is the shortest Psalm?
3. It was said of the people of which city that they "Examined the Scripture every day"?
4. Who will rise first when Messiah returns?
5. When Moses saw the calf and the people dancing, what did he do with the tablets of stone?
6. Who was a prophetess during the time of Josiah?
7. Who said, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor"?

(Lessons from humility and sin.)

"…I hardly need to say what new depth and intensity man’s sin and God’s grace give to the humility of the saints. We have only to look at the man like the apostle Paul to see how throughout his life as a ransomed and a holy man the deep consciousness of having been a sinner lived in him inextinguishably. We all know the passages in which he refers to his life as a persecutor and blasphemer: ‘I am the least of the apostles and do not ever deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No I worked harder than all of them-yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.’ (1Corinthians 15:9-10). " Andrew Murray

Phil 3:14 (KJV) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1Pet 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness…

1Tim 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

YHVH, cleanse us from our sinful desires and replace them with the goal of Your Salvation.

2Sam 15:31 Now someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness."

2Sam 16:23 And the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.

Ps 41:9 Even my close friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. (David intones)

Job 5:12 "He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

2Sam 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom.

2Sam 17:23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Matt 26:14 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me to deliver Him up to you?" And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver.

Jas 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.

Yeshua, son of David, Son of God, no human however inspired can defeat Your purposes.

How does God feel about issues we face today?

Matt 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Luke 23:34 Then said Yeshua, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his clothing, and cast lots.   (This was in the midst of his crucifixion.)

Rom 5:8 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.

Material in this section is based on various prayer diaries.

This may save your life.

GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR

We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains
heavily. This method was given me by a Police friend who had experienced and
confirmed it. It is useful....even driving at night. One method used by
Canadian Military Drivers for years.

Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers
during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is
still bad......

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES (any model
will do) - all of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly clear,

as if there is no rain.

Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not
only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save
your friend's life by giving him this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazing, you still see the
drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling. You can see

where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the
"blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too. Or the "kickup" if you

are following a semi or car in the rain.

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A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car.
A resident of Kinburn, Ontario was traveling between Kinburn & Ottawa. It
was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to
hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously
injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!

When she explained to the OPP Officer what had happened he told her
something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR
CRUISE CONTROL ON. She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise
control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the Officer
told her that if the cruise control is on when your car begins to
hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will
continue to accelerate making you take off like an airplane.
She told the OPP Officer that was exactly what had occurred.

The Officer said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat
sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN
THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our
teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't
tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry.

1.  If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be ancient.

2.  A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, and is fat.

3.  A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.

4.  A tortoise doesn't run and does nothing, yet it lives for 450 years.

And you tell me to exercise??  I don't think so.  I'm retired.  Go around me!

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Have a good day!

by Greg Gordon - (founder of SermonIndex.net)

...I do not write out of anger, but rather out of a sense of desperation because a frightening majority of believers today, sincere, honest believers, still cling to the idea that the worst is behind us, and we will shortly be removed from all the tumult and the brewing chaos of the world.

…because the Word of God speaks of the times in which we are living, and if the Word was written exclusively for the children of God, then logic would dictate that those passages are in the Word as a warning to us that we might know what the future holds and not grow fearful.

Another reason why God in His infinite wisdom forewarned us of the times and seasons that are upon us is so that we would not overreact as so much of the world has a tendency to, but rather trust, and implicitly so, that the One who foresaw these things also foresaw our means of shelter, protection and safety.

Nothing is harder than gracefully getting down from your high horse

I have no trouble meeting expenses; every time I turn around, I find them

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret

Dieting is something we do religiously - we eat what we want and pray we don’t gain weight

People who know the joy of receiving a compliment will compliment others easily

May I never miss a rainbow or a sunset because I’m looking down

A person who is never wrong has guessed right more than once

Alan Gilman
TorahBytes Communications

Ps 22:24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Ps 34:6 This poor man cried and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

Ps 118:5(ESV) ​​​​​​​​Out of my distress I called on the LORD; ​​​​​​​the LORD answered me and set me free. ​​​

Heb 5:7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Blessed be YHVH (Genesis 14:20 And blessed be God Most High…)

1. Hebrews - Hebrews 4:15

2 Psalm 117

3. Berea - Acts 17:10-11

4. The dead in Messiah - 1Thessalonians 4:16

5. He broke them - Exodus 32:19

6. Huldah - 2Kings 22:1, 14

7. Zacchaeus - Luke 19:8