Remnant Restorers Ministries

12/18/2025

Keep the Flame Burning...
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"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." - Helen Keller
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Chag Chanukah Sameach! Keep the flame within your heart burning, friend... A sage once told a person struggling with his faith: "It is written that all creation was brought into being because of people like you. God saw there would be people who would cling to our holy faith, suffering greatly because confusion and doubt would plague them. God perceived that such would overcome these doubts and troubles of heart and remain strong in their belief. It was because of this that God brought forth all creation." Indeed, it was because of this that Yeshua our LORD suffered and died for you... Amen.

Therefore never yield to despair, since that leads to further darkness and fear. Press on and keep fighting the "good fight" of faith (1 Tim. 6:12). Remember that you infinitely matter to heaven; your life has great value; you are significant and you are truly loved by our Heavenly Father. There is a "future and a hope" for you; there is "a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it" (Rev. 2:17). May "the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tested with fire, be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation to come" (1 Pet. 1:7).

"I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion (ἐπιτελέω) at the Day of Yeshua the Messiah" (Phil 1:6). The LORD is able to guard you (φυλάξαι) from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy (Jude 1:24). "The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down" (Psalm 145:14). "He will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the Day of our Yeshua the Messiah" (1 Cor. 1:8). He who calls you is forever faithful; He will surely do it (1 Thess. 5:24). Yea, "the Lord is faithful (נֶאֱמָן הוּא): He will establish you and guard you against the evil one" (2 Thess. 3:3). The Spirit says, "Fear not, for I AM with you always."
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Isa. 41:10 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa41-10-jjp.mp3

Hebrew lesson page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa41-10-lesson.pdf
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03/14/2025

Parables and Revelation...

The holiday of Purim celebrates God’s hidden miracles and providential deliverance of his people.
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Yeshua often used various agricultural images in his parables. For example, he explained that people are known by the "fruits" of their lives (Matt. 7:16-20). He likened the spread of his message in terms of "sowing and reaping" (Matt. 13:3-23) and compared the Kingdom of Heaven to the secret working of a mustard seed (Matt. 13:31-32). Yeshua regarded the world as a "field" for planting with different "types of soil" (Matt. 13:38-43), and warned of the "great harvest" of souls at the end of the age (Luke 10:2; Matt. 13:30). He pointed to signs from a fig tree to indicate the nearness of the prophesied End of Days (Matt. 24:32-33). Yeshua also used the metaphor of a "vine and its branches" to explain how his followers are to be connected to Him (John 15:1-6).

Undoubtedly Yeshua taught in parables because they simultaneously conceal and reveal the truth. A parable obscures the truth to those who don't really want it; just as it reveals the truth to those who do (Luke 8:9-10; Psalm 72:8; Matt. 13:34-35). Since Yeshua's whole life was a parable of sorts - a “disguise” that led to the victory of our deliverance (Phil. 2:7) - it is not surprising that he regularly used "figures of speech" to provoke people to examine their own heart attitude and faith... In this connection note that Yeshua never explained the “mysteries of the kingdom of God” directly to the crowds, nor did He ever pander to the crowd’s clamor or interests. His message is always meant for the individual soul who was willing to follow Him -- to the one who had “ears to hear.”

Reading the parables can help us take inventory of our lives. For example, whenever we hear the famous “parable of the sower” (Matt. 13:3-23) we are reminded that God is like a farmer who sows seed upon the soil of human hearts (the quality of which may be hard, shallow, choked, or good). If we are honest with ourselves, we will see our own hardness, shallowness, and selfishness in contrast to the fruitfulness marked by the good soil, and this may prompt us to seek God for help. Only the new heart (lev chadash) created by power of God’s Spirit can possibly yield the fruit of the Spirit. Yeshua therefore warns us: "Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away" (Luke 8:18).

With God all things are possible, and the life of God is a miracle that comes from God's own source of Life. It is the fruit of the Spirit, after all, and not the fruit of human effort or moral reformation...
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Psalm 78:2 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm78-2-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm78-2-lesson.pdf
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02/08/2025

Not all of us believe the same but lots claim to be Christian so I felt led to remind us of our duty as a Christian and not be used as a contrarian spirit :

Praying for those in positions of authority is a way to ask God to guide them and help them do their jobs well. Some things you can pray for include:
Wisdom: Pray that leaders have the wisdom to know what is right and the strength to do it.
Discernment: Pray that leaders have the ability to know right from wrong and to follow God's guidance.
Protection: Pray that God protects leaders from lies and deception.
Service: Pray that leaders serve the people and fulfill their God-given purpose.
God's will: Pray that God's will be done and that leaders lead a society that is peaceful, godly, and dignified.
Thankfulness: Pray with a heart of thanksgiving.
Here are some examples of prayers for those in authority:
Prayer for leaders
"Father, we trust You above all rulers and human authorities. Guide our leaders as You see fit".
Prayer for servant leaders
"I pray for all leaders of Your people. I pray that they will not lead selfishly, for personal ambition or vain conceit".
Prayer for God's will
"Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10).
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10/15/2024

HALLELUJAH DID I EVER GET A SURPRISE!!!
This morning I got a call from my campus counselor telling me of an offer that included a scholarship that I could not pass up.

I am enrolled in the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies and taking classes I only dreamed of but was never able to pursue until now. God is so Good! It is not a full ride scholarship but super affordable.

I thank God and the University for making this happen.

09/03/2024

Do the math from Jewish perspective.

09/03/2024

07/20/2024

If you leave everything in God's hands, eventually you will see God's hand in everything....
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When we lose sight of the truth that God is in complete control of all things, we tend to grow anxious... Feeling worried comes from focusing on ourselves, a perspective that can make us feel alone, forgotten, and even victimized in this world. Worry moves us to defend ourselves, to seek refuge in our own devices, and to forfeit the will of God according to the dictates of lesser fears...

The sages say it is not permitted to worry: “To worry is a sin; only one sort of worry is permissible; to worry because one worries.” We should worry that we worry because this indicates our hardness of heart and our unbelief. God’s name YHVH (יהוה) means “Presence,” “Breath,” “Life,” and “Love.” So why should we be anxious for “tomorrow”? We really only have this moment, but this moment is entirely sufficient when we walk in the light of God and seek to know him in all our ways (Prov. 3:5-6).

The first part of the Shema (i.e., Deut. 6:4-9) admonishes us to remember the truth of God “when you sit in your house, when you walk in your ways, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” “In all your ways know Him,” that is, in all that you put your hand to do look for the God’s Presence and guidance (Prov. 3:6; 1 Cor. 10:31). This is something *you must do: As King David stated, “I have set the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved” (Psalm 16:8). Make up your mind: “Let the peace of God rule in you” (Col. 3:15).

The Name of the LORD is “I-AM-WITH-YOU-ALWAYS,” which implies that we always live within His Presence and care, even if we are sometimes unconscious of this truth (Matt. 28:20). As it is written in the prophets, hen al kapayim hachotikh: “Behold I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (הֵן עַל־כַּפַּיִם חַקּתִיךְ; Isa. 49:16). Remember the One who stretched out his hands and died for your healing; remember that he said, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow... sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matt. 6:34). A

Again it is written in our Scriptures: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God" (Phil. 4:6). When we worry we heed voices of fear and begin to feel 'double-minded,' (i.e., δίψυχος), unstable, and unable to think clearly; we get restless and find it difficult to deeply breathe. We start to feel out of control, fearful that something bad will happen despite all our efforts or wishes to the contrary; we sense doom; we lose heart; we go dark...

The Scripture here admonishes us to pray when we are tempted to be anxious by focusing on something for which we are *grateful. Doing so will instill the "peace of God" (שלום יהוה) that quells all our fears (Phil. 4:7). We gain the "light of life," that is, inner illumination from God, so that we can remain steadfast and unmovable in faith. We will experience complete peace, shalom shaleim (שלום שלם) when we make up our minds to trust in Him (Isa. 26:3).
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Isaiah 26:3 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa26-3-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa26-3-lesson.pdf
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07/20/2024

"Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man." - Nikolai Berdyaev
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It is written in our Scriptures (2 Tim. 1:7) that "God has not given us the spirit of fear (πνεῦμα δειλίας), but of power, and love, and a sound mind" (the term "sound mind" comes from the word saos (σάος) "safe," or under the protective restraining influence of the Spirit of God). Understand the connection between fear and confusion, then, and note further the connection between having a sound mind and a heart of peace (Isa. 32:17).

A fearful or shameful attitude, then, weakens your resolve, quenches your love, and introduces pain to your thinking. It is the old ruse of the enemy of our souls to lead us to despair, the exile of shame, and cruel bo***ge to untruth.

As always the answer is the same: namely, teshuvah, turning to God and embracing the grace and love given in Yeshua as our deepest reality, our power, our heart, and our mind. May we be set free from all our fears by the wonder of his unfailing love!
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Isaiah 32:17 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa32-17-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa32-17-lesson.pdf
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07/20/2024

"A text without a context is a pretext..."
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A fundamental principle of Bible interpretation is succinctly stated in the axiom: “a text without a context is a pretext,” and therefore we must endeavor to understand the New Testament in light of the Torah, not the other way around... God “breathed out” his revelation in a prescribed order, and without the context of Torah, the meaning and terms of the New Testament will be obscure and subject to misunderstanding.

Remember that Yeshua was “embedded” in the Jewish culture of his day (see Gal. 4:4-5), and that he was fluent in Torah reading and study (see Luke 4:16-21; John 4:22). Moreover, he plainly taught that the Jewish Scriptures testify of Him: "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he *interpreted (διερμηνεύω) to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:27; John 5:39). We study Torah to know Yeshua, the "Living Torah" better, as he said: “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old" (Matt. 13:52).

Some so-called Bible scholars claim that Yeshua spoke and taught in Aramaic and not in Hebrew. But consider this. If the law of God decreed that the king of the Jews was to "make a handwritten copy of the Torah" that was to perfectly match the Torah scroll protected by the priests of Israel (see Deut. 17:18-19), then surely Yeshua, who is the great King of the Jews, the Mashiach, would have read Hebrew and understood kotzo shel yod (קוֹצוֹ שֶׁל יוֹד) - "every jot and tittle" of its meaning (see Matt. 5:17-19). Indeed, Yeshua knew the traditional Hebrew blessings, prayers, and hymns (Matt. 26:26-30); he chanted Hebrew in synagogue (Luke 4:16), and he reasoned with the learned sages in Jerusalem, even as a young boy (Luke 2:42-27). Surely the true King of the Jews spoke "lashon hakodesh," the holy language of Hebrew...
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Psalm 119:11 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm119-11-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm119-11-lesson.pdf
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