Maoz Tzur - Rock of Ages - Messianic Jewish Congregation

01/23/2023

Can you spot at least 10 Jewish/Passover traditions in this picture?

Want to know more about the Passover Seder Table and Traditions?

Each part tells us something about who Yeshua - Jesus is and why we need HIM.

You can learn the meaning of the various parts of the Seder through our INTERACTIVE PASSOVER SEDER SEMINAR... more info on our Congregation's website - www.rockofagesmjc.org

04/19/2022

IF THE HOLY ONE HAD NOT TAKEN US OUT OF EGYPT or I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT YOU

Jewish people make use of a book called "The Haggadah" during the Passover Seder to know what to do and what to say to obey God's command to remember how He brought us out of slavery in Egypt.

It is our guide showing us how to progress through this special night of remembering that we had no way to save ourselves and that Jehovah intervened in powerful ways that resulted in us being set free from slavery and led out into an incredible relationship with the Creator of The Universe.

In one place it says these words -

If the Holy One, blessed be He, had not taken our fathers out of Egypt, then we, our children and our children's children would have remained enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt.

Our Creator is a Loving Father.

All the rest of Creation He spoke and it came to be... but when He made mankind ...

Read the rest of the post and experience a GREAT Song of Response at ...

https://www.rockofagesmjc.org/blog/post/if-the-holy-one-had-not-taken-us-out-of-egypt-or-i-don-t-know-what-i-d-do-without-you

04/12/2022

YOU are invited!

EXPERIENCE The Last Supper similar to how The Disciples experienced it with Jesus!

The Last Supper was a Passover meal, today called THE SEDER. Yeshua - Jesus used the traditional, ceremonial foods on the Passover Seder Table to explain to us Who He Is and why we need HIM!

This year Maoz Tzur- Rock of Ages is NOT hosting our own congregational Seder.

But, no worries!!!

If you want to experience Passover with us, you can come to one of the churches that has invited Abraham and our team to lead a Passover Seder.

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO JOIN US, BUT YOU ***MUST*** CALL PASTOR JOE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMING AND HOW MANY ARE IN YOUR GROUP!


Thurs, Apr 21, 6:30pm - Seder Demonstration - CEREMONIAL FOODS ONLY (no meal)

Victory Family Church
21150 Route 19
Cranberry Twp, PA 16066
CALL - Joe - 815-276-7965

We're growing a community of followers of Yeshua and bringing Him to Jewish Pittsburgh and beyond!

04/12/2022

YOU are invited to join us at any of the FIVE PASSOVER SEDERS we are doing in the Pittsburgh Area.

The Last Supper was a Passover meal, today called THE SEDER. Yeshua - Jesus used the traditional, ceremonial foods on the Passover Seder Table to explain to us Who He Is and why we need HIM!

This year Maoz Tzur- Rock of Ages is NOT hosting our own congregational Seder.

But, no worries!!!

If you want to experience Passover with us, you can come to one of the churches that has invited Abraham and our team to lead a Passover Seder.

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO JOIN US, BUT YOU ***MUST*** CALL THE CHURCH TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMING AND HOW MANY ARE IN YOUR GROUP!

Wed, Apr 13, 10am - Seder Demonstration - CEREMONIAL FOODS ONLY (no meal)
---> Wednesday Morning Prayer Group meeting at:
Berean Church - 300 Rockfield Cir, Pittsburgh, PA 15243


Wed, Apr 13, 6:30pm - Seder Demonstration - CEREMONIAL FOODS ONLY (no meal)
---> Friendship Community Church
1090 Weirich Ave, Washington, PA 15301
CALL - 724-222-1480


Thurs, Apr 14, 6pm - Seder with Light Dinner
---> Concord United Methodist Church
285 Concord Church Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
CALL - 724-8464739


Fri, Apr 15, 7pm - Seder Demonstration - CEREMONIAL FOODS ONLY (no meal)
---> Abundant Life Baptist Church
269 Mameron Rd, Washington, PA 15301
CALL - 724-225-5355


Thurs, Apr 21, 6:30pm - Seder Demonstration - CEREMONIAL FOODS ONLY (no meal)
---> Victory Family Church
21150 Route 19
Cranberry Twp, PA 16066
CALL - Joe - 815-276-7965

03/30/2022

Enjoy another couple minutes from our rehearsal for GOD'S NEW YEAR MESSIANIC JEWISH WORSHIP CONCERT.

I explain the Biblical use of the word "horn" as in "horn of my salvation (examples in Psalm 18:2 and Luke 1:69), and you'll see a few moments of a song we'll do from Psalm 62 (that also includes a quote from Psalm 18:2).

Experience our GOD'S NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ...***THIS*** Fri, April 1 (no fooling), 7pm --->

- IN PERSON at Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene, 5604 Interboro Ave, Pgh, PA 15207

or

- On our LIVESTREAM on our YouTuve Channel -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Rt7oH28rvVdWUXjN4b4sg

03/25/2022

Check out a couple minutes of our rehearsal for GOD'S NEW YEAR when we will have a MESSIANIC JEWISH WORSHIP CONCERT ... (the sound quality will be much better IN-PERSON at the gathering - April 1, 7pm - 5604 Interboro Ave, Pgh, PA 15207

03/24/2022

JOIN US and

COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOD OF ISRAEL and
HIS MESSIAH - YESHUA - JESUS

Yehovah says (Genesis 1:14) that He made the lights in the sky for signs and seasons and days and years !

If God Almighty set up "years" ... should we not pay attention to what HE says starts the year?

Yehovah says (Exodus 12:1-2) that the month in which Passover happens - "it is to be the beginning of months, it is to be the FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR."

Since Passover occurs on the 14th of that first month, two weeks earlier on the 1st day of that month is NEW YEAR'S DAY... according to Yehovah ... if what HE says is of any importance to anyone!!!

JOIN US for our MESSIANIC WORSHIP CONCERT & COMMISSIONING on GOD'S NEW YEAR ... Here in 2022 it falls on - April 1 (no fooling!) at 7pm.

*** WE WILL PRAISE AND WORSHIP THE ONE WHO'S WORD BRINGS MONTHS AND YEARS TO BE, and also HIS ANOINTED ONE - MESSIAH YESHUA - THE WORD BECOME FLESH !

*** ALSO... A TIME OF COMMISSIONING -

HE IS PROVIDING A NEW YEAR - WE WANT TO BE DEDICATED TO HIS PURPOSES FOR HIS NEW YEAR.

WE WILL COMMISSION THOSE ASSEMBLED IN-PERSON AND ON-LINE TO GO FORTH INTO THIS NEW YEAR IN THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YEHOVAH WANTS FOR HIS NEW YEAR

Our public worship gatherings are OPEN TO EVERYONE -

- Jewish or not Jewish
- follower of Yeshua - Jesus or not a follower
- younger or older
- EVERYBODY welcome!

TIME: Fri, April 1 - 7pm - 9pm
- Our apologies - we are not able to provide refreshments for this gathering

THEME: ALIGNING TOGETHER, WITH YESHUA LEADING

LOCATION: Lincoln Place Church of the Nazarene
5604 Interboro Ave, Pgh, PA 15207

MAP: http://mapq.st/2IVra66

ON-LINE: Experience LIVE on our congregation's YouTube Channel - Rock of Ages MJC Pittsburgh

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Rt7oH28rvVdWUXjN4b4sg

12/09/2021

12 Days of Hanukkah - WHAT HAPPENED?

Days 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 were outlined but time and circumstances did not allow completing text of the blog each day!

Yes, for me it was kinda like running into a brick wall with many obstacles keeping me from getting where I was supposed to go !!!

But, like the Macabbee's I am trusting Yehovah - The God of Israel, Revealed in Messiah Yeshua! HE will give me strength to deal with the obstacles I have been facing and enable me to keep moving forward!

But for you, dear reader, this means you will not see the completed blog until NEXT Hanukkah (Hanukkah 2022!)

12/02/2021

DAY 7 - Thurs, Dec 2 - You will like the result, but it will take trust to appreciate the process!

Christians take the One-Day-Birth of Jesus and somehow get “The 12 Days of Christmas.” So, I - as a Jew - am going to take the 8 nights of Hanukkah and slightly stretch them into “The Twelve Days of Hanukkah” … seems only fair … and much more plausible.

Tonight at sundown is the 5th night of Hanukkah (Thurs, Dec 2).

Check back each of the next 5 days for insights and encouragement from the events of Hanukkah.

Gather with us in person or on our YouTube Channel to celebrate Hanukkah on Sat, Dec 4th, 6:30pm. Details on our website - www.rockofagesmjc.org

DAY 7 - Thurs, Dec 2 - You will like the result, but it will take trust to appreciate the process!

Have you seen the movie or TV show (there are many) where someone has broken a leg and a trusted friend is ready to pull on and set the leg?

The trusted friend always says the same line … “This is gonna hurt!” And even though there is going to be gut-wrenching pain, what does the injured say … “Go ahead!”

Along a sliding scale of silly to realistic the sound effects person jumps in at this point… as the leg is pulled you often hear what sounds like bones crunching. The injured SCREAMS in pain.

What kind of idiot invites someone to put them in extreme, gut-wrenching pain?

Well, if you TRUST that someone is going to you get to a better place (like getting your leg healed) … you give permission for the pain so what is better can begin.

One of the miracles of Hanukkah may be only legend, but the story makes two great points.

It is said that once the Jewish people cleansed The Temple of all that the Greeks had done to defile it, one task remained. They needed to light The Menorah - a seven branched oil lamp that gave light to The Holy Place in The Temple.

However, they found only a ONE day supply of Holy Oil, consecrated for use in The Temple. It would take EIGHT days to prepare more oil.

A remnant of Jewish people had chosen to continue to trust Jehovah - The God of Israel. They had seen victory over the Greek armies and Greek ideas (Hellenism) even though it cost many of them their lives. Now, they had a decision to make.

Do we do what Jehovah wants happening NOW? Or, do we wait until we have made efforts to make the situation better and then do what He wants?

They decided to do whatever they could to do be in line with Jehovah’s desires NOW!

Rather than wait eight days to work out something better in their own ability, they chose once again to be in line with what Jehovah says and trust Him with whatever results.

That’s the first lesson from this miracle - do what Jehovah is asking of you NOW… and then trust Him concerning whatever follows.

Not only was Israel’s victory over the invading Greek forces a tremendous miracle, the story (legend?) tells of something else they saw that only Jehovah could do! A miracle !!!

That ONE day supply of oil burned for EIGHT days until new oil could be prepared.

This is one explanation for why Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days. Another explanation (that probably is closer to the truth) is that while the villain of Hanukkah - the Greek King Antiochus Epiphanes - was in control and had defiled The Temple, there was no way for the Jewish people to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This Feast of the Lord, according to Leviticus 23, is to be celebrated for eight days. Once God had given the victory and The Temple was cleansed, it is said the Jewish people decided to celebrate a delayed Feast of Tabernacles … and thus the creation of an eight day observance of the events of Hanukkah in Kislev (our December).

So what of the second thing to learn from this story?

There is onc place in Scripture with a very specific prophecy about oil being supplied to The Menorah in The Temple. In Zechariah 4 a vision from Jehovah is given to Zechariah concerning a man named Zerubbabel. The Jewish people were just returning to Israel after 70 years in captivity. At the start of the captivity Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian army had invaded and conquered Jerusalem and had destroyed The Temple.

Now, a remnant of the Jewish people had returned to Israel. From among them, Zerubbabel was commissioned to rebuild The Temple. Facing great opposition, Jehovah gave an encouraging word through Zechariah that God would empower Him to complete the building of The Temple. Jehovah said even if he faced troubles as big as mountains they would be removed and become like a plain he could easily cross.

Many people know the promise Yehovah gave Zerubbabel - “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says Jehovah the Captain of the Hosts of Angels in Heaven.”

Jehovah was saying, “Zerubbabel ! NOTHING you have in your own strength is going to get the job done. BUT … if you look to me, if you walk in relationship with me, if you receive My Spirit to direct and empower your life … no obstacle will stand before you and you will complete building The Temple.”

With this encouraging word came a picture… in The Spirit Zechariah saw two olive trees whose oil was supplying the oil for The Light of The Temple Menorah.

The crucial piece of this picture is not given in Scripture, but it was not needed in Zechariah’s day … everyone at THAT time would have known and many would have participated in the process…

How do you get oil (to use for light in The Menorah) from olives on olive trees? You have to CRUSH the olives !!!

What the olive had in its own strength to keep itself together would not result in what was needed for God’s Menorah to have light. Crushing would render what God could use and result in Light.

Isaiah 53 describes this very process happening with the Messiah. It says, “It pleased Jehovah to crush Him. If Messiah would offer Himself for Yehovah’s purposes, Yehovah would prolong His days and the good Yehovah had in mind would prosper in the Messiah, Yehovah’s Anointed Servant.”

At the crucifixion, at the last, Messiah Yeshua said, “Father, into YOUR hands I commit My spirit.” He had been experiencing the crushing prophesied in Isaiah 53. Yet knowing and trusting His Father (Yehovah) - Yehsua offered Himself body, soul and spirit to Him. Look at the amazing good that resulted from trusting Jehovah and acting like He trusted Him !!!

What about you and me?

Do we know Jehovah well enough to know and trust His perfect, holy, loving character?

Can we say, as Job did, “Though He slay me, I will trust Him!” ? Do we offer ourselves to Yehovah as Yeshua Himself did? As the heroes of Hanukkah did? And trust He will work out things for good in whatever follows?

The answer is not to TRY to surrender more.

The answer is to get to know Jehovah more.

The answer is to pay more attention to relating to Jehovah and doing what it is that people do to get to know each other better in a relationship.

From the knowing will come trust. From the trust will come surrender. From the surrender will come Good and Light for ourselves and for many of those around us.

Another picture of this crushing in Scripture is the refining of silver. Malachi 3:3 says “He will sit as a refiner of silver and He will purify…” To refine silver it is placed in the fire by The Refiner. The result can be molded into stunning beauty by The Refiner.

Here's a great song and prayer telling The Refiner - Jehovah - we want Him to do His work in us.
It is called Refiner’s Fire -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayH5iV5zmrI

12/01/2021

DAY 6 - Wed, Dec 1 - A GREAT MIRICLE HAPPENED THERE … and CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU, TOO!

Christians take the One-Day-Birth of Jesus and somehow get “The 12 Days of Christmas.” So, I - as a Jew - am going to take the 8 nights of Hanukkah and slightly stretch them into “The 12 Days of Hanukkah” … seems only fair … and much more plausible.

Tonight is the 4th night of Hanukkah (Wed, Dec 1).

Check back each of the next 6 days for insights and encouragement from the events of Hanukkah.

Gather with us in person or on our YouTube Channel to celebrate Hanukkah on Sat, Dec 4th, 6:30pm. Details on our website - www.rockofagesmjc.org

DAY 6 - Wed, Dec 1 - A GREAT MIRICLE HAPPENED THERE … and CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU, TOO!

What if we could appreciate BOTH Jehovah’s character AND His power?

In a previous 12 DAYS OF HANUKKAH blog I mentioned the “dredyl” - a four-side top and key part of Hanukkah.

Having been forbidden by the Greek overlords to teach the children in Israel any Hebrew or any of the Scriptures - someone came up the idea of putting items to teach on the flat sides of a top, the dredyl. If the Greek patrols came around, they quickly picked up the dredyl and gave it a spin.

The flat sides were instantly blurred and to the patrols it appeared that those in the circle were just playing a game!

Today, on the four sides of a dredyl, traditionally there are placed 4 Hebrew characters, one on each side. They are -

“Nun” which starts the word “Nes” meaning “Miracle”

“Gimel” which starts the word “Gadol” meaning “Great”

“Hay” which starts the word “Haya” meaning “Happened”

“Shin” which stars the word “Sham” meaning “There)

Together saying “A Great Miracle Happened There” (in Israel, or more specifically in The Temple, during the events of Hanukkah).

In Yiddish, the letters additionally stand for words that are the instructions for a gambling game that is played for fun with the dredyl.

But let’s talk about miracles for a moment!

I think just about everybody would be excited and overjoyed if they experienced a true miracle - where a great need is met, or a great desire comes to pass - especially if it seems there is no way such a thing could happen. Would you agree?

Some people do funny things with God when it comes to miracles. When they don’t see the miracle they want, many times they start saying, “Well, seems to be he really isn’t God, or at least He is not Someone who has the power to do miracles.” Or, perhaps worse, they say, “There He is with all that power, and yet He is not giving me my miracle… He must have a warped, crappy character to not help me when He is able to do so!”

So let’s look at God who often gets attacked by us from one side or the other.

Scripture tells us that God has a name and it is “Yehovah.”

This is the name of The One who spoke and the worlds came into being and who called Abraham out from among the nations to form the Jewish people. It is The Name the God of Israel declared to Moses was His personal name and The Name by which He wanted to be known for all generations - Exodus 3:13-15.

In Hebrew “Yehovah” means “I Am.”

In longer form, the sense in this name is - “I always exist and I am The One who keep on always existing,” or “being, I will always be.”

Additionally, there is the idea of choice that always is reality - “I Am, and I will be what I will be” (and then implied, “and nothing can stop Me from being whatever I choose to be.)

In our Liturgy, at times I have my congregation read “The One Who Can Choose Anything.”

Having no beginning, and having no end, always being - Jehovah has power that is unmatched among anything that exists. He is perfectly capable of performing miracles.

Look at creation, He spoke and it all came into being.

Look at anything new/young coming into existence and how whether tree, or fish, or duck-billed platypus or human - how perfectly designed and how supremely well all the parts work together! Utterly miraculous!

Scripture is filled with stories of Jehovah doing beyond what man can ask or imagine. And since Bible times, those who have trusted in Jehovah and in “Jehovah with us” - Yeshua - those believers have reported miracle after miracle - things happening in their lives that only The Lord of All could do.

So why doesn’t the God of Israel always do the good thing I want or need Him to do?

For me, I am satisfied with this answer. Jehovah “so loved this world that He gave His only begotten Son (Yeshua - Jesus)… that whoever believes in Him will not have to perish, but will have everlasting relationship with Jehovah and Yeshua (cf. John 3:16 and John 17:1-3 re: “everlasting life”.)

If Yehovah loved us enough to offer us His Son … if Yeshua was willing to suffer and die by crucifixion for my good … to me - in my sane moments - it seems to me He has proven His love towards me. It doesn’t make sense that I should doubt His character … He has done more than enough to prove His character!

And, since He is able to see and understand all things at all times… and since - if I’m honest - I canNOT … it seems I shouldn’t trust myself, I shouldn’t “lean on my own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5,6). Better, I should “trust in Yehovah with all of my heart…”

The Macabbee heroes of Hanukkah and their compatriots had no hope of victory on their own, in their own strength. But with trust in Jehovah, they believed He could give victory over the enemy. They believed He could change the situation to good… AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY TRUSTED HIM… and then they saw miracles!

I can’t remember the artist but in their song it said, “Sometimes He calms the storm. Sometimes He calms His child (i.e. you or me).”

BOTH are miraculous.

And He knows which option is the better one for His plans and for our good.

What are you facing today that needs a miraculous answer?

Jehovah invites you to “Call on Me, and I will show you great and mighty things you have not yet seen - Jeremiah 31:3”.

Why not call on Him NOW ???

Here’s a great song about having faith in The One who can “bear every burden and heal every hurt in my heart" called WHERE THERE IS FAITH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODMVzGYHaY

11/30/2021

DAY 5 - Tues, Nov 30 - Really! There is an elephant in the story!

Christians take the One-Day-Birth of Jesus and somehow get “The 12 Days of Christmas.” So, I - as a Jew - am going to take the 8 nights of Hanukkah and slightly stretch them into “The Twelve Days of Hanukkah” … seems only fair … and much more plausible.

Tonight at sundown is the 3rd night of Hanukkah (Tues, Nov 30).

Check back each of the next 7 days for insights and encouragement from the events of Hanukkah.

Gather with us in person or on our YouTube Channel to celebrate Hanukkah on Sat, Dec 4th, 6:30pm. Details on our website - www.rockofagesmjc.org

DAY 5 - Tues, Nov 30 - Really! There is an elephant in the story!

Rarely do we have an opportunity to die a hero in a big way. But everyone can die and be a hero in little ways a thousand times a day.

Alexander the Great defeated most of the known world in just 11 years. Greek military genius in battle strategy and equipment was feared world-wide.

Greek armies for a long time were pretty much the best at making and winning war.

Consider this - Mattathias is a PRIEST. This means his sons, who with him led the opposition against the mighty Greek forces, were also priests. These are not people trained in military battle strategy or practiced at using war weaponry.

What was The Source of the heroism seen in Mattathias and his sons?

I would argue that it came from putting effort into their relationship with the God of Israel every day.

When the choice was offered, they preferred their connection with Jehovah over physical comfort in life. Their every-day-attention to Jehovah brought them to the place where they saw Him as preferrable to all else.

This is witnessed by Mattathias’ rallying cry - “Whoever loves The Word (Scripture) Jehovah has spoken to us and who desires to be faithful in relationship with Him - follow me!”

Spending time with Scripture and the ways of Jehovah led to relating to Jehovah in a way where they experienced Him in their lives and where he captivated their hearts. Walking with Him resulted in desiring Him and what pleased His heart - a desire that caused EVERYTHING else to be considered “less than.”

This meant daily saying, “Yes” to Jehovah and what pleases Him AND ALSO SAYING, “NO” TO EVERYTHING ELSE.

Put another way, they were dead to anything besides Jehovah and His way.

This may all sound like spiritual mumbo-jumbo but we act out this pattern in notable other ways in our lives.

I moved to Pittsburgh in 1995… “Steeler Country.” Devotion to our football team here means MANY people who only wear “black and gold,” who paint their houses in “black and gold,” who arrange their schedules to be in the stadium or in front of their TVs or listening to Bill Hillgrove and (in the day) Myron Cope during every game. (Some of the best moments, deserving of being in the “Broadcast Radio Hall of Fame” were when Myron Cope (Jewish) would use a Yiddish expression to describe what happened on the field, and then have to explain to Bill (an Irish Catholic) the English translation of the Yiddish.)

Devotion to the Steelers affected what you said “yes” to and what to what you said “no” in your clothing, your food, your schedule and more!

When a relationship becomes “exclusive” - marriage being the best example - you say “yes” to your significant other and “no” to everyone else. You say that all day (and night) every day of your life. You are “dead” (in terms of intimate relationship) to everyone else.

Steeler fandom, or a great marriage is not built on ONE act of heroic devotion. But a lifetime of attention to your significant other sets the foundation from which acts of devotion - big and small - spring forth.

Mattathias’ fourth son - Eleazer - was in battle against the Greeks with his brothers. With them was only a remnant that also were choosing Jehovah over the Greek ways and Greek religion. They had already made their choice throughout their lives to prefer Jehovah over anything else.

One of the weapons of war that the Greek’s had perfected was the use of elephants. Imagine a tank before there was powerful artillery or airplanes with rockets and bombs. Elephants were like that - the apex predator of the battle field.

In one battle, Eleazar saw his fellow countryman begin to shrink in fear seeing the Greek elephants join the conflict. He ran into the midst of the Greek army, got himself into position underneath an elephant (the only place they did not have armor) and thrusted his spear into the mighty creature, causing it to die.

Sadly, as the animal collapsed it fell on Eleazar and crush him to death.

But Eleazar was already “dead” - he had said “NO” over a lifetime to those things were not Jehovah or were not helpful in his relationship with Jehovah.

Do you want to do something heroic and good? Something that will inspire others to experience the best Jehovah has to offer?

Start by choosing, moment-by-moment, to put effort into relating to Jehovah and only saying, “yes” to what pleases HIS heart.

You will quickly find out that just your desire, just you putting effort into saying “yes” to Jehovah will NOT succeed.

Scripture says that ALL of us tend to “wander like sheep” (Isaiah 53:6). In our own strength we will NOT keep on saying, “yes” to Jehovah and “no” to everything that is not Him or that does not please His heart.

BUT, if we “CALL ON THE NAME OF Jehovah, WE WILL BE SAVED - Joel 2:32” from choosing anything other than the perfect good of Jehovah, whose love is shown to us in Yeshua the Messiah.

Why not call on Him now and ask Him to help you desire and choose Him, and be “dead” to other choices? … YOU can be a hero every day - advancing Jehovah’s good!

There is a great Canadian band called SERVANT that has an excellent song about surrendering everything else and wanting only Yeshua - Jesus. This song takes the form of a prayer that I've prayed many times and maybe you want to pray as well.

Find it here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1I9bHiq_Y