Dead Sea Scrolls

DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Brad Scott in Calgary

Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministry is coming to Calgary July 16, 2014. Brad was featured in the History Channel documentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls . You can catch him at the 14 minute mark on the youtube video below. He is a well known Hebrew scholar who has written many books including

The Principle of the Seed
The Tanakh
The Shadow of Heavenly Things
Let This Mind Be In You
The Tares Among the Wheat

He is currently writing a new book called Basar Echad ( One Flesh). The book is about the combining of physics of how the universe and our bodies operate with the unity of the body of Messiah for preparation for His coming. The focus will be how and why our Father is restoring the Hebrew language and Torah for just such a time as this. His teaching on this subject will include Paul's teachings on this subject as well.

If you are wanting to know more in depth understanding of the Hebrew language along with the Torah and Yeshua's teaching, you will not want to miss this event.

Event: July 16, 2014
Time: 7 PM
Location: Beth Shechinah
2635, 32 St SW
Calgary, Alberta, T3E2R8
403-256-3478
Dead Sea Scrolls Armageddon Prophecies
Dead Sea Scrolls Armageddon Prophecies
This entire History Channel documentary is really interesting. You can find Brad Scott at the 14 minute mark.

Shavuot 2014

We had a wonderful time celebrating the last Spring Feast, Shavuot. We enjoyed a quiet Shabbat at home resting and swinging in the hammock, reading Scripture and enjoying each other's company. Then at sundown we started our Shavuot tradition of staying up as late as we can, reading Scripture and talking about why we were staying up late and watching Ten Commandment movies...Silas went to bed at midnight, Malachi crashed on the couch around 12:45 and then we finally sent Shyla to bed (she went very willingly)at 1am. Jamie and I stayed up until 4:15am...then on the 1st day of the week we went over to our friends house, the Patterson's, to renew our vows before YHVH and do a wave offering. No, it wasn't done perfectly according to Scripture, since it's a pilgrimage Feast, but until there is an altar, we simply practice these things to the best of our ability. We had two small loaves (next year I want to attempt to make them with the right amounts of flour etc) and we waved them before YHVH, Jamie stood on one side of the loaves and Mr. Patterson on the other, we were all in a circle. So we had fun with the wave offering and Mr. Patterson started a wave (you know the kind you see in baseball stadiums) and it went around the circle and back again...lol Here are the words we said in our covenant renewal under the chuppah made with our talit held up with tent poles, Patterson's under one chuppah and Kowal's under another but we said the covenant renewal together:

Abba,
We stand before You today, just like the mixed multitude did at the base of Mt. Sinai. Before they even knew what was required of them, they agreed to obey. We stand here today in partial understanding of the covenant we are renewing with You, YHVH. With the help of the Ruach haKodesh we pledge our love and obedience to You and You alone. May Your Spirit make us very aware when we put other things in the seat of the throne that is meant for You alone.
'You are to love YHVH your God with all your strength. This is the greatest and most important mitzvah. And a second is similar to it, you are to love your neighbor as yourself. All of the Torah and the Prophets are dependent on these two mitzvot.' Matt 22:37-40
Sh'ma Yisrael, Adonai eloheinu, Adonai echad. Baruch shem kavod, malchuto l'olam va'ed. Hear oh Israel, YHVH is our God, YHVH is one. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Let these matters that I command you this day, be upon your hearts. Teach them diligently to your children, speak of them when you sit in your homes, when you walk along the way, when you lie down and when you arise. Bind them as a sign upon your hand and as frontlets between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

I look forward to the day when we can make the pilgrimage to Israel for the Feast days!

Review: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Signed, Sealed, Delivered
The new original series "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" is a wonderful combination of romance, comedy and drama that follows the lives of four postal detectives who transform themselves into a team of detectives to track down intended recipients of undeliverable mail. Their missions take them out of the office where redirected letters and packages can save lives, solve crimes, reunite old loves and change futures by arriving late but somehow always on time. The team includes charming Oliver O’Toole (Eric Mabius), the group's leader is a man of faith who prayerfully approaches his work with the goal of making a difference in people's lives; new team member, Shane McInerney (Kristin Booth), a technophile who brings 21st century sensibility to the group; free-spirited, “girl next door” Rita Haywith (Crystal Lowe) who has a photographic memory; and lovable Norman Dorman (Geoff Gustafson), a master in conventional research methods.
The show aires SUNDAYS, 8/7c on Hallmark



This incredible series even incorporates scripture in its themes and in the conversations between characters. In FACT, The American Bible Society has built a bible study to go with the series,
Sign up for that here: http://www.americanbible.org/features/signed-sealed-delivered
Isn't that great? A seven-day Bible reading experience to dig deeper into the meaningful biblical themes revealed in each episode of Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

I have to say, that I really enjoyed watching this show. I'll be honest, I was waiting for something to happen that I would object to (I have a very high standard in our entertainment) yet, there was little I objected to. I think it is a very clean and likeable tv show. The characters were interesting and I look forward to watching them develop! I would say that it is not necessarily a family show, but for teens and adults. Our family does not watch cable tv, nor do we intend to start. But I have to admit, if all tv shows were as wholesome as this one is, then I would likely seriously consider it. You see very easily who the "good" guys are and who the "bad" guys are. You see one of the characters "try out" being someone she is not, but opts for being the "real her" for a competition. She wasn't willing to put on a facade in order to "win". (that is an incredibly important thing to me...I hate fakes!)I love it when the good is able to overcome the bad, because in real life, that isn't always how it goes. We often give in to temptation, and this show just really encourages us to take the high road, don't give in and most of all be yourself.

Oh and I signed up for the Bible Study as well and can't wait to get my first lesson on Monday.
I hope you all go take a look at this new tv series and check it out!! I give it a thumbs up!!

WINNER of Alone Yet Not Alone Giveaway!!!!

Congratulations Cyndi Van Ankum, you are the winner! I will contact you for your mailing info!

Betrothed- A Giveaway

Check out the link above (Reviews & Giveaways) to read about my friend's giveaway on her blog! Our family has chosen this method of finding spouses for our children instead of the "dating" scene. Go, check out her blog and enter the giveaway!! The draw takes place on my birthday, May 12!!!

Review & Giveaway~Alone, Yet Not Alone

I am so pleased to be able to review this book! We loved it. At first I wasn't so sure it would make a good bedtime read-aloud, due to the content, but everyone wanted "just one more chapter" every night. My children are 12, 8 and 5. Yes, even the 5 yr old didn't want to miss any part of the story! My husband would be disappointed if he missed a night of reading with us! We were not disappointed at all with this book, and it opened up a lot of discussions about how we would live out our faith in similar circumstances. We look forward to the movie coming out in June.

This historic book is recommended for children ages 8 and up and is a read they are guaranteed to love. It combines great adventure with even greater values - kids won't even realize they are learning about history!

About Alone Yet Not Alone:

Settled in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, deep within America's new frontier, the Leininger family celebrates the blessings of a beautiful homestead and bountiful harvest. That is, until tragedy strikes with the beginning of the French and Indian War and the devastating raid known as the Penn's Creek Massacre.

The lives of this simple, God-fearing family are forever altered when Barbara and Regina, two young sisters, are carried away by a band of Allegheny warriors. Driven by their faith in God and the powerful bonds of family, Barbara and Regina hole firmly to the belief that they are never alone, even in their darkest hour, and that they will be reunited again.

Rich in historical details, Alone Yet Not Alone is an inspirational, true story of a family caught in the cross fire of the French and Indian War.

The feature film will be released in theaters June 13th 2014!!!!

About The Author:
Tracy Leininger Craven loves history and retelling real-life stories in her historical fiction books. She also loves spending her free time in the great outdoors with her husband David and their three children.

Alone Yet Not Alone
Written by: Tracy Leininger Craven
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Paperback: 148 pages

Official website for the movie, releasing JUNE 13th: http://www.aloneyetnotalone.com
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aloneyetnotalone
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Dreams...

Okay, so here I am "wallowing in the pit of despair" (the kids are watching The Princess Bride and the Pit of Despair sounds like how I feel), and I am getting constant reminders that YHVH is with me and wants me to beat this spiritual depression sooner than later...lol I am amazed at His faithfulness, despite my falling into the enemies trap of depression almost every year. Why on earth would I feel this way, when I have the hope of YHVH in my life?! When I am constantly being miraculously provided for?! When we are entering this new season of hope called spring?! Why indeed?! oh let me tell you...but first let me share Yah's faithfulness. This week alone, a friend dropped by and gave me a cheerful yellow potted mum plant, my MIL gave me a $50 gift card for superstore (I needed a few groceries, some meds and gas for the car and we were out of money, but she didn't know that!!) in the mail was something from Red Cross soliciting for donations, but in with it were note cards to send to others to make their day brighter. I don't believe in coincidences!! He speaks to me all the time through the people around me! I really truly don't have a good reason to stay in this pit of despair, and even throughout the afternoon of writing this, a friend called to say "hi" and we chatted for an hour and a half!! Now I still need to deal with the enemy but when I look at Yah's faithfulness to me, it sure changes my attitude! I mistakenly allowed the enemy to speak words of discontentment into my life. The enemy spoke lies that I can't trust my Creator, the enemy planted disbelief in my mind, that our dreams are not from YHVH. You see, 10 yrs ago, a dream was planted into our lives. It was the dream of an acreage...the original dream was a spiritual retreat center (kind of a whole body retreat center) that had an indoor tropical pool area with a waterfall and everything, as well as a golf course and small motel/cabins area. Also having our own animals and garden for food (eating whole foods is important to us whether certified organic or not) and being very self-sufficient, while ministering spiritually to others and doing all this with others who share our dream. Yeah...pretty lofty dream eh? Our dream has morphed into something a little more attainable but apparently still out of reach. Our current dream is to simply live on a self-sustaining acreage...and that's it. Oh sure we would prefer a community living kind of atmosphere, but somehow along the way my trust in Yah has faltered and that dream seems to have fallen by the wayside...even though I would definitely welcome it. Now please understand what I mean by self-sufficiency...it is not us doing everything in our own strength and forgetting our Creator!!! It is us relying on our Creator to show us how to live in community, how to grow our own food that has not been messed with by man made junk and how to live set-apart from the gov't regulated grid. We have no intentions of hiding from the world, but desire to be a light to the world and create a refreshing atmosphere for others who desire to visit a very set-apart place from the mainstream city life...writing all this rekindles this dream...and I envision a joyful me, making soap with the kids or bread in a woodstove...oh yes, I romanticize my dreams often. Even when it seems the dream is dead. okay, so now you know the dream and a bit of why I'm in the "pit of despair"...now how do I get out?! It will be a fight. The enemy loves where I am right now. I do not, but the thing with depression is that it makes you too complacent/lazy to do anything about it. I'm pulling myself out, first by writing about it...and then by doing what I say. It may or may not be instant, I'm okay with a long battle, but I have to actually start fighting back. First step: make popcorn for the kids...it is after all, 2pm and no lunch has been made yet... Second step: read teaching unit 5 from A More Excellent Way and go through the 8 R's. Recognize what is affecting you (whether it's a spirit of fear or some other sin). Take responsibility for what you recognize. Repent to God for participating with what you recognize. You must make what you recognize your enemy and Renounce it. Remove it-get rid of it once and for all. When it tries to come back, Resist it. Rejoice-give God thanks for setting you free. Restore-help someone else get free. So that is what I am going to be doing on these last few days leading up to Passover. I'll be doing a lot of spiritual house cleaning, of recognizing of my sins, repenting, removing and rejoicing, as well as physical house cleaning...LOL