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What happens to Unbelievers when they die?  I wonder if the Bible tells us? The answer is yes. The Lord has given us everything we need to know about it.  Unbelievers have been in Hades, or Sheol, awaiting a day that they'd be resurrected to their bodies.  After the 1000 year reign of Christ this happens.  But what are they resurrected for and to WHOM are they resurrected to?  Soberly, they stand before judgment at the Great White Throne and He who sits on the throne.To get help on the day of JUDGMENT, get help today on the day of BELIEF.  Call on Him TODAY before the time of opportunity comes to a close. bewithme.us Apple Podcasts, Spotify 

#Romania: #Moldova: The Russian threat heard soberly in Bucharest. Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/moldova-faces-multiple-threats-from-russia-as-it-turns-toward-eu-membership-foreign-minister-says/ar-BB1jDvxh 1890 Bucharest

A new MP3 sermon from Arann Reformed Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Thinking Soberly Subtitle: Romans (2nd Series) Speaker: Mark Fitzpatrick Broadcaster: Arann Reformed Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 2/11/2024 Bible: Romans 12:3 Length: 43 min.

Comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor Moshe Kasher chats with Trey Elling about SUBCULTURE VULTURE: A MEMOIR IN SIX SCENES. Topics include: The book's inspiration (0:00) Getting sober at 15 (3:09) Soberly loving raves (8:36) Hearing among the deaf (17:15) Burning Man (23:52) Being Jewish (24:56) The "art" of standup (29:17) Natasha Leggero going "Kreischer" (35:11)

November 5, 2023 AM, I Peter 4:7-11.Our Scripture reading was Esther 1:1ff

Romans 12:3

Romans 12:3

Sermons from Phil Foley on September 24, 2023

Building Your Legacy - Pillar 6 – PURPOSE By Pastor George Lehman It's a lifetime action we live it out daily You don't build your legacy when you come to church. You build it every day!   NB!! (Every day we live out our purpose)   Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) - “Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's PURPOSE that prevails*” *Prevails: Prove more powerful or superior Its Gods purpose to perform His deeds through us. The Holy Spirit in me activates Gods purpose in my life. In the movie “Forrest Gump” Forrest stands by the graveside of his wife Jenny and asks, “Do we float around like a feather on a breeze or do we have destiny.” Sadly, so many Christians today just as that feather float around in their Spiritual lives without any clear purpose. And won't leave a Legacy which has much substance. Because they are: Blown from one Spiritual High to hopefully another. From this move of God to the next. From this activity to hopefully another one. From a goose bump experience to another goose bump experience. (We rely on a High to get us by) This is certainly not living a fulfilled life with purpose that God has intended for you to live. Throughout many of our 21st Century Churches today, There's a lot of church-inanity but little authentic Christianity. When you are a Christian it means (CHRIST IN YOU) you have divine purpose. (People are living so disconnected from God!) I would like to categorically say to you - YOU do have a Legacy and a destiny, and that God has a specific purpose for your life. (Ons is nie doeloos op pad nie) Purpose = the Greek word in this context is Prothesis: It refers to a setting forth a *deliberate Intention. *Opsetlike / doel voorneme  Purpose produces a consistent life. Nobody said living your purpose would be easy. Yes, surely there are days when you are going to feel down, defeated and discouraged. Sure, you are going to have challenges, hardships and trials. In between the Highs, the Lows will come. However, you still have a great purpose. But remember you can get up and face each day of your life, Proverbs 24:16 “for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. You can be very sure of this: That our life has purpose weather I feel like it or not. You are significant You are useful. You can face every day effectively with a finishing strong on purpose attitude. Which I might add at this point; it supports your Legacy because it influences those around you too! Galatians 4:18 - Its fine to be zealous provided the *purpose is good and to be so always and not just when I am with you.*Your deliberate intention In other words, don't only be full of spiritual life and action here in church or when you're with other Christians. Philippians 2:12-13(NIV) – 12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed-not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.   As I said, Proverbs 19:21 – The Lords purpose which is more powerful and superior. God never does or did or will do anything without purpose think of all these examples: Numbers 23:19(Amp) – God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good? Noah Abraham Isaac/Jacob Joseph Moses Joshua David Soloman wisest man that ever lived The Prophets All this ON PURPOSE for the preparation of the Coming Jesus Christ. They had Purpose written all over them…And so do you! (Why then do you think you do not have purpose) John 12:27 - Now my soul is troubled and what shall I say?  Father save me from this hour?  But for this purpose I came to this hour. The disciples were called for a purpose. Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) – 19” Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”   Paul called for a purpose Acts 26:16 - Rise and stand to your feet for I have appeared to you for this purpose to make you a minister and a witness. What about DAVID Acts 13:36 (NIV) – “Now when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.” You too are Called for a purpose 2Timothy 1:8-9(NIV) – 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. We have got to understand that we are very special to God.  He planned our usefulness before time began. Ephesians 2:10 (Amp) – For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above-spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us.] We do not merely exist as Christians and then someday we die and then go to heaven NO!! We must be people who live out our purpose and not for a month or a year but for a lifetime. This is what Building a legacy is all about REMEMBER we don't finish strong with a great legacy by luck or by accident or by chance. If you and I are going to build a great legacy and finish strong with purpose, you will have to ensure the following: You must acknowledge that you have purpose and begin to thank God for using you purposefully in His Kingdom. Soberly ask what could be keeping me from genuinely fulfilling my purpose and producing maximum fruit. Get rid of or cut off any negative influences that are causing you to not have a legacy building purpose. Close: Ephesians 1:15-17 (NIV) – 15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, 16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. To fully understand your purpose, we need to go from a level of information to revelation and transformation. Its Devine revelation that changes people and not just information. However, having the information must bring Transformation. God is preparing us His church for a great purpose. If all of us saved born again believers sitting in this church and those listening by way of media. Just began to live out our God given purpose. Hell will be plundered and heaven populated. Your purpose: To become more like Jesus To work out your salvation with fear and trembling To produce the fruit of the Spirit To be obedient to the word of God.

This week we have Alysse, founder of The Sober Curator. @thesobercurator You may have read some of our posts as far as how we became acquainted and if not, we do talk about it briefly. Alysse is truly one of us and she has 17 years sober. She has had her ups and downs, successes and failures and she does a great job of walking us through her story. We heard a lot of things that we have heard before, such as trying to control her drinking, meetings were not for her (in the beginning), feeling like she was unique and dealing with depression and feelings of uselessness. But today, she has a lot going on and that is the fun stuff. She has a full time job, the website, service work and a great outlook on life. You'll be happy that you listened to this one. Enjoy the episode. Visit us Podcast  www.sobernotmature.com Store  www.sobernotmatureshop.com

God wants us humble and to not think so highly about ourselves. Every Christian must remain this way in order for God to fully use them. The post Think Soberly appeared first on Calvary Chapel At The Cross.

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God is much more real than we are and we can push Him to bring judgment on our lives. Soberly listen to the message today.

God is much more real than we are and we can push Him to bring judgment on our lives. Soberly listen to the message today. Source

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Sunday Morning- Pastor Larson- Titus 2:11-15

Ephesians 2:12 — The greater one understands the depths of their sin, the more they understand the greatness of God's mercy. For the Christian there is a reciprocal relationship between looking to their life before Christ and the amount of praise they offer to God. If the believer never examines their state of being without Christ, thanksgiving to God for salvation will unlikely mark their life. In this sermon on Ephesians 2:12 titled “Without Christ,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones follows Paul in challenging what it means to be without Christ in order to see just how astounding salvation really is. The worst condition of a person is that they are without Christ. But what does this really mean? Dr. Lloyd-Jones walks through the biblical text in order to show what it means to be a stranger towards God's covenant people, to be an alien to the commonwealth of Israel. This alienation from God and His covenant people will undoubtedly lead to a life without hope. Soberly listen and contemplate a state without Christ and then rejoice that one can flee to him and find new hope.

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Ben John shares Tackling change in your industry-becoming the market disrupter a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis Nov 2021.  Learn why, even though an entrepreneur might have a superior product or service, they struggle to change people's minds about their current buying options. What leads people to stay with poor quality options above other services offered? How can we position ourselves to become a market disrupter and differentiate ourselves?  Learning Objectives: Learn about the psychology of change in the mind Learn about what drives people's choices Learn how to break into the circle of trust Learn about how to position yourself as expert Learn how to poke the bear  Speaker Bio: Ben is husband to his beautiful wife Johanna (Yo-hanna) for over 11 years. He is father to 3 beautiful children of 5, 3 and 1. They do have names if you want to ask him later. He lives out in the country in Hammond, WI and has a passion for the local church and the outdoors. Ben believes in market disruption in the healthcare sector where fairness and transparency is lacking. One true fact is that he once was arrested in college for (SOBERLY) floating down the river on an ice chunk TRUE STORY!  AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

Romans 12:3-8 Justin Jackson Series: Romans:Recenter October 9, 2022

Episode 36BagelsDeodorant Realist Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12 | August 29-September 4 Lesson 36“The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom”#OldTestament2022 #comefollowme #comefollowme2022 #realtalkcomefollowmeJoin hosts Ganel-Lyn Condie and John Fossum as they discuss impactful topics from this week's Come, Follow Me lesson covering these chapters in the book of Psalms. Explore these important themes, topics, and questions: How to obtain UNDERSTANDINGWhat is the fear of the Lord? What is humility? What it means to trust in the Lord and lean not unto thine own understanding in the different seasons if life The role and importance of opposites in life & opposition in all things—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Invitation: Ponder how you can more fully trust God during the current “season” you are navigating. —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quotes & Links: Link to Come, Follow Me Through the Old Testament Book:https://www.seagullbook.com/real-talk-real-life-scripture-journal-old-testament.html"The visual image –The warning comes in the words “lean not”—“lean not unto thine own understanding.” In English the word lean has a connotation of physically listing or moving to one side. When we physically lean toward one side or another, we move off center, we are out of balance, and we tip. When we spiritually lean to our own understanding, we lean away from our Savior. If we lean, we are not centered; we are not balanced; we are not focused on Christ. Sisters, remember, in our premortal life we stood with the Savior. We trusted Him. We voiced our support, enthusiasm, and joy for the plan of happiness set forth by our Heavenly Father. We leaned not. We fought with our testimonies and …This battle between good and evil has moved to earth. Once again we have the sacred responsibility to stand as a witness and put our trust in the Lord." [2017–A:6, Bonnie H. Cordon, Trust in the Lord and Lean Not]“A journalist once questioned Mother Teresa of Calcutta about her hopeless task of rescuing the destitute in that city. He said that, statistically speaking, she was accomplishing absolutely nothing. This remarkable little woman shot back that her work was about love, not statistics. Notwithstanding the staggering number beyond her reach, she said she could keep the commandment to love God and her neighbor by serving those within her reach with whatever resources she had. “What we do is nothing but a drop in the ocean,” she would say on another occasion. “But if we didn't do it, the ocean would be one drop less [than it is].” Soberly, the journalist concluded that Christianity is obviously not a statistical endeavor. He reasoned that if there would be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over the ninety and nine who need no repentance, then apparently God is not overly preoccupied with percentages.” [Jeffrey R. Holland, Are We Not All Beggars?, October 2014]“Mothers, we acknowledge and esteem your faith in every footstep. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever. And if, for whatever reason, you are making this courageous effort alone, without your husband at your side, then our prayers will be all the greater for you, and our determination to lend a helping hand even more resolute. .. Sometimes the decision of a child or a grandchild will break your hear

Hour 4: The 9am hour starts with talk of tonight's Rangers game. Boomer will be in the house at MSG. We take some calls on the Rangers. We also take calls from people who say to get back to work in the office and others want people working from home. Jerry returns for an update and starts with Mets/Dodgers and talk that Dodger stadium smells like rat urine. The Yanks swept the Angels and Taillon had a perfect game through seven. Eric Bieniemy talks about not getting a head coaching job yet. In the final segment of the week, Dan in Carteret checks in. Last time we saw him he was bombed at the Kickoff to Summer.

Pastor Jack shares a few different examples of pride in the Bible. One thought too highly of himself and he lost his position, the other eventually humbled himself and got deliverance.

Pastor Jack gives us a definition of thinking soberly and teaches us how to be soberly minded.

When people misuse us, can we honestly say that we kept in communication with God on how to handle the relationship? If God told us to back off, can we do it? Or do we stay attached and get hurt in the end? Check this episode out if that sounds like something you've experienced! Don't forget to screenshot this episode and share to your IG stories! Tag @iamdanielleavery on IG once you do! WE NEED EACH OTHER! Leave a rating & review! ❤️ Follow me on IG and Twitter: IG @iamdanielleavery Instagram.com/iamdanielleavery Twitter @VBGPodcast #christianwomen #christianmillenial Support this podcast: https://cash.app/$WhatAboutThatWoman Advertising inquiries: email ValidatedbyGodPodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ValidatedByGod/support

Romans 12:3For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/profile)

Episode 192 - Do the real estate and financial markets seem a bit crazy to you? When others are making irrational decisions like they're drunk, what should you do? In this interview, Coach Carson interviews Travis Hornsby of Student Loan Planner to talk about what a "sober" investing strategy looks like today - both with real estate and in the stock market. COMPANION ARTICLE/SHOW NOTES: https://coachcarson.com/travishornsby __________

1. Historically manifest-2. Divinely caused-3. Soberly expected

Series: Blameless LivingService: Sun PM WorshipType: Gospel MeetingSpeaker: Joseph CasimierLiving Soberly Righteously and GodlyBlameless Living, Part 3

Titus 2 (KJV 1900)2 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Romans 12:3 DominionSonship.com

On today's episode, out focal scripture is ROMANS 12:3 (AMP) "For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate {and} think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him." As read by Priscilla Olubunmi @priscillasings_ #DailyWordByte #ThinkSoberly #Priscillasings --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dailywordbytes/message

Ezekiel and his Band of brothers recap the seeing sing soberly bible study. 

ויקרא י׳:א׳-ב׳ (א) וַיִּקְח֣וּ בְנֵֽי־אַ֠הֲרֹן נָדָ֨ב וַאֲבִיה֜וּא אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ בָהֵן֙ אֵ֔שׁ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עָלֶ֖יהָ קְטֹ֑רֶת וַיַּקְרִ֜בוּ לִפְנֵ֤י ה' אֵ֣שׁ זָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א צִוָּ֖ה אֹתָֽם׃ (ב) וַתֵּ֥צֵא אֵ֛שׁ מִלִּפְנֵ֥י ה' וַתֹּ֣אכַל אוֹתָ֑ם וַיָּמֻ֖תוּ לִפְנֵ֥י ה'׃ Leviticus 10:1-2 (1) Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered before the LORD alien fire, which He had not enjoined upon them. (2) And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed them; thus they died at the instance of the LORD.   ויקרא י׳:ג׳ (ג) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן הוּא֩ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֨ר ה' ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ בִּקְרֹבַ֣י אֶקָּדֵ֔שׁ וְעַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם אֶכָּבֵ֑ד וַיִּדֹּ֖ם אַהֲרֹֽן׃ Leviticus 10:3 (3) Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: Through those near to Me I show Myself holy, And gain glory before all the people.” And Aaron was silent. On Rosh Hashanah morning, the Rabbi noticed little Adam was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the synagogue. It was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The seven-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the Rabbi walked up, stood beside the boy, and said quietly, "Good morning, Adam." "Good morning, Rabbi," replied the young man, still focused on the plaque. "Rabbi Resnick, what is this?" Adam asked. "Well, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service." Soberly, they stood together, staring at the large plaque. Little Adam's voice was barely audible when he asked: "Which service? Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur?" source יומא ס״ח ב מַתְנִי׳ בָּא לוֹ כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל לִקְרוֹת ... חַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת נוֹטֵל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה וְנוֹתְנוֹ לְרֹאשׁ הַכְּנֶסֶת וְרֹאשׁ הַכְּנֶסֶת נוֹתְנוֹ לַסְּגָן וְהַסְּגָן נוֹתְנוֹ לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל וְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל עוֹמֵד וּמְקַבֵּל וְקוֹרֵא בְּאַחֲרֵי מוֹת וְאַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר וְגוֹלֵל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה וּמַנִּיחוֹ בְּחֵיקוֹ וְאוֹמֵר יוֹתֵר מִמַּה שֶּׁקָּרָאתִי לִפְנֵיכֶם כָּתוּב כָּאן וּבֶעָשׂוֹר שֶׁבְּחוֹמֶשׁ הַפְּקוּדִים קוֹרֵא עַל פֶּה Yoma 68b MISHNA: The High Priest came to read the Torah. ... The synagogue attendant takes a Torah scroll and gives it to the head of the synagogue that stood on the Temple Mount; and the head of the synagogue gives it to the deputy High Priest, and the Deputy gives it to the High Priest, and the High Priest stands and receives the scroll from his hands. And he reads from the scroll the Torah portion beginning with the verse: “After the death” (Leviticus 16:1) and the portion beginning with the verse: “But on the tenth” (Leviticus 23:26), and furls the Torah scroll and places it on his bosom and says: More than what I have read before you is written here. The Torah portion beginning with the verse: “And on the tenth,” from the book of Numbers (29:7), he then reads by heart. יומא ע׳ א:ג׳ וּבֶעָשׂוֹר שֶׁל חוֹמֶשׁ הַפְּקוּדִים קוֹרֵא עַל פֶּה אַמַּאי נִגְלוֹל וְנִיקְרֵי אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת לְפִי שֶׁאֵין גּוֹלְלִין סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה בְּצִיבּוּר מִפְּנֵי כְּבוֹד צִיבּוּר Yoma 70a:3 § It was further taught in the mishna: The Torah portion beginning with the verse: “And on the tenth,” from the book of Numbers (29:7), he reads by heart. The Gemara asks: Why does he read it by heart? Let him furl the scroll to that portion and read it from the text. Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said that Rav Sheshet said: It is because one may not furl a Torah scroll in public, out of respect for the community. It is inappropriate to make the community wait until they have reached the next section.   רש"י על יומא ע׳ א:ג׳:א׳ מפני כבוד ציבור - שיהו מצפין ודוממין לכך: Rashi on Yoma 70a:3:1 On account of the congregation’s honor - For they would have to wait in passive silence [while the Torah was rolled].   משנה תורה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים י״ב:כ״ג (כג) אֵין קוֹרְאִין בְּחֻמָּשִׁין בְּבָתֵּי כְּנֵסִיּוֹת מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹד צִבּוּר. וְאֵין גּוֹלְלִין סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה בְּצִבּוּר מִפְּנֵי טֹרַח הַצִּבּוּר שֶׁלֹּא יַטְרִיחַ עֲלֵיהֶם לִהְיוֹתָן עוֹמְדִין עַד שֶׁיִּגְלל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה. לְפִיכָךְ אִם יִצְטָרְכוּ לִקְרוֹת שְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים מוֹצִיאִין שְׁנֵי סִפְרֵי תּוֹרָה. וְלֹא יִקְרָא אִישׁ אֶחָד עִנְיָן אֶחָד בִּשְׁתֵּי תּוֹרוֹת שֶׁמָּא יֹאמְרוּ סֵפֶר רִאשׁוֹן פָּגוּם הָיָה וּלְפִיכָךְ קוֹרֵא בַּשֵּׁנִי: Mishneh Torah, Prayer and the Priestly Blessing 12:23 (23) Scrolls of single books of the Pentateuch are not used for reading at services in synagogues, out of respect to the congregation. Nor is the scroll of the Law rolled*To the right place for the reading. at a public service, out of regard to the convenience of the congregants so that they should not have the trouble of standing while the scroll is being rolled. Hence, if two sections in different parts of the text are to be read, two scrolls are taken out. One person must not read one section in two scrolls, lest it will be said that the first scroll was defective and therefore he read out of the second. סוטה ל״ט ב:ז׳ ואמר רבי תנחום אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי אין שליח צבור רשאי להפשיט את התיבה בצבור מפני כבוד צבור   Sotah 39b:7 And Rabbi Tanḥum says that Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: The prayer leader is not permitted to uncover the decorative covering of the ark in public, out of respect for the congregation. It is inappropriate to have the congregation wait while doing this. ברכות ל״ג ב:כ״א-כ״ב הַהוּא דִּנְחֵית קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא, אֲמַר ״הָאֵל הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא וְהָאַדִּיר וְהָעִזּוּז וְהַיָּראוּי, הֶחָזָק וְהָאַמִּיץ וְהַוַּדַּאי וְהַנִּכְבָּד״.הִמְתִּין לוֹ עַד דְּסַיֵּים. כִּי סַיֵּים אֲמַר לֵיהּ: סַיֵּימְתִּינְהוּ לְכוּלְּהוּ שִׁבְחֵי דְמָרָךְ?! לְמָה לִי כּוּלֵּי הַאי? אֲנַן, הָנֵי תְּלָת דְּאָמְרִינַן אִי לָאו דְּאַמְרִינְהוּ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ בְּאוֹרָיְיתָא, וַאֲתוֹ אַנְשֵׁי כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה וְתַקְּנִינְהוּ בִּתְפִלָּה — לָא הֲוֵינַן יְכוֹלִין לְמֵימַר לְהוּ, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ כּוּלֵּי הַאי וְאָזְלַתְּ! מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ בָּשָׂר וָדָם שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים דִּינְרֵי זָהָב, וְהָיוּ מְקַלְּסִין אוֹתוֹ בְּשֶׁל כֶּסֶף. וַהֲלֹא גְּנַאי הוּא לוֹ!   Berakhot 33b:21-22 With regard to additions to prayers formulated by the Sages, The Gemara relates that a particular individual descended before the ark as prayer leader in the presence of Rabbi Ḥanina. He extended his prayer and said: God, the great, mighty, awesome, powerful, mighty, awe-inspiring, strong, fearless, steadfast and honored. Rabbi Ḥanina waited for him until he completed his prayer. When he finished, Rabbi Ḥanina asked him: Have you concluded all of the praises of your Master? Why do I need all of this superfluous praise? Even these three praises that we recite: The great, mighty and awesome, had Moses our teacher not said them in the Torah and had the members of the Great Assembly not come and incorporated them into the Amida prayer, we would not be permitted to recite them. And you went on and recited all of these. It is comparable to a king who possessed many thousands of golden dinars, yet they were praising him for silver ones. Isn’t that deprecatory? All of the praises we could possibly lavish upon the Lord are nothing but a few silver dinars relative to many thousands of gold dinars. Reciting a litany of praise does not enhance God’s honor.   מורה נבוכים, חלק א' נ״ט והמפולג שנאמר בזה הענין - אמרו ב'תלים' "לך דומיה תהילה" - פרושו השתיקה אצלך היא השבח. וזה המרצת דברים עצומה מאוד בזה הענין - שאנחנו כל דבר שנאמר אותו שנכון בו הגדלה ושבח - נמצא בו מעמס אחד בחוקו ית' ונשקיף בו קצת חסרון; אם כן השתיקה יותר ראויה וההסתפקות בהשגת השכלים כמו שצוו השלמים ואמרו "אמרו בלבבכם על משכבכם ודומו סלה": וכבר ידעת אמרתם המפורסמת (אשר מי יתן והיה כל המאמרים כמותה!) ואני אזכרה לך בלשונה (ואף על פי שהיא ידועה) להעירך על עניניה. אמרו "ההוא דנחת קמיה דר' חנינה אמר האל הגדול הגיבור והנורא האדיר והחזק היראוי והעזוז אמר ליה סימתינהו לכולהו שבחי דמרך? השתא אנן תלת קמיתא אלמלא דאמרינהו משה רבינו באורייתא ואתו אנשי כנסת הגדולה ותקיננהו בתפילה אנן לא יכילנן למימרנהו - ואנת אמרת ואזלת כולי האי? משל למה הדבר דומה? למלך בשר ודם שהיו לו אלף אלפים דינרי זהב ומקלסין אותו בשל כסף - והלא גנאי הוא לו" - עד הנה הגיע מאמר זה החסיד: והסתכל תחילה שתקו ומאסו רבוי תארי החיוב. והתבונן איך הראה כי התארים אילו הונחו לשכלינו לבד לא אמרנום לעולם ולא דברנו בדבר מהם; ואמנם כאשר הצריך הכרח הדיבור לבני אדם במה שיתקים להם מעט ציור - כמו שאמרו 'דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם' - שיתואר להם האלוק בשלמיותיהם תכליתנו - שנעמוד על המאמרים ההם ולא נקרא שמו בהם אלא בקראנו אותם ב'תורה' לבד; אמנם כאשר באו גם 'אנשי כנסת הגדולה' - והם הנביאים - וסדרו זכרם בתפלה תכליתנו - שנאמרם לבד. ועיקר זה המאמר - בארו ששני הכרחים נזדמנו בהתפללנו בהם האחד - מפני שבאו ב'תורה' והשני - סדר הנביאים התפלה בהם; ולולא ההכרח הראשון - לא זכרנום ולולא ההכרח השני לא הסירונום ממקומם ולא התפללנו בהם - ואתה מרבה בתארים: הנה כבר התבאר לך גם כן מאלו הדברים שאין כל מה שתמצאהו מן התארים המיוחסים לאלוק בספרי הנביאים ראוי לנו שנתפלל בהם ונאמרם - שהוא לא אמר 'אלמלא דאמרנהו משה רבנו לא יכילנן למימרנהו' אלא תנאי אחר 'ואתו אנשי כנסת הגדולה ותקנינהו בתפלה' - ואז מותר לנו להתפלל בהם ולא כמו שעשו הפתאים באמת אשר המריצו בשבחים והאריכו והרבו דברים בתפילות חיברום ומליצות קבצום להתקרב בהם לאלוק לפי מחשבתם יתארו בהם האלוק בתארים אילו יתואר בהם אחד מבני אדם היה זה חסרון בחוקו; שהם לא הבינו אלו הענינים הגדולים והחשובים הזרים משכלי ההמון ולקחו האלוק ית' מדרס ללשונותם ותארוהו וסיפרוהו בכל מה שיחשבוהו ראוי וימריצו לשבח בזה עד שיעוררוהו להפעל במחשבתם; וכל שכן אם ימצאו כתוב בדברי נביא בזה יהיה הענין מותר להם שיבואו לכתובים (שצריך לפרשם על כל פנים) וישיבום לפשוטיהם ויגזרו מהם ויעשו להם סעיפים ויבנו עליהם מאמרים. וירבה התר זה אצל המשוררים והמליצים ואצל מי שיחשוב שהוא עושה שיר עד שחוברו דברים קצתם - כפירה גמורה וקצתם - יש בהם מן השטות והפסד הדמיון מה שראוי לאדם שישחק עליו לפי טבעו כשמעו ויבכהו עם ההתבוננות איך נאמרו הדברים ההם בחוק האלוק ית'! ולולא חמלתי על חסרון האומרים הייתי מגיד מהם מעט עד שתתעורר על מקום החטא בהם אלא שהם מאמרים חסרונם נראה מאד למי שיבין: Guide for the Perplexed, Part 1 59 The idea is best expressed in the book of Psalms, "Silence is praise to Thee" (lxv. 2). It is a very expressive remark on this subject; for whatever we utter with the intention of extolling and of praising Him, contains something that cannot be applied to God, and includes derogatory expressions; it is therefore more becoming to be silent, and to be content with intellectual reflection, as has been recommended by men of the highest culture, in the words "Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still" (Ps. 4:4). You must surely know the following celebrated passage in the Talmud--would that all passages in the Talmud were like that!--although it is known to you, I quote it literally, as I wish to point out to you the ideas contained in it: "A certain person, reading prayers in the presence of Rabbi Haninah, ...was this not really dispraise to him?" Thus far the opinion of the pious rabbi. Consider, first, how repulsive and annoying the accumulation of all these positive attributes was to him; next, how he showed that, if we had only to follow our reason, we should never have composed these prayers, and we should not have uttered any of them. .. Were it not for the first reason, we should never have uttered them; and were it not for the second reason, we should not have copied them from the Pentateuch to recite them in our prayers; how then could we approve of the use of those numerous attributes! You also learn from this that we ought not to mention and employ ill our prayers all the attributes we find applied to God in the books of the Prophets; for he does not say, "Were it not that Moses, our Teacher, said them, we should not have been able to use them"; but he adds another condition--"and had not the men of the Great Synagogue come forward and established their use in the prayer," because only for that reason are we allowed to use them in our prayers. We cannot approve of what those foolish persons do who are extravagant in praise, fluent and prolix in the prayers they compose, and in the hymns they make in the desire to approach the Creator. They describe God in attributes which would be an offence if applied to a human being; for those persons have no knowledge of these great and important principles, which are not accessible to the ordinary intelligence of man. Treating the Creator as a familiar object, they describe Him and speak of Him in any expressions they think proper; they eloquently continue to praise Him in that manner, and believe that they can thereby influence Him and produce an effect on Him. If they find some phrase suited to their object in the words of the Prophets they are still more inclined to consider that they are free to make use of such texts--which should at least be explained--to employ them in their literal sense, to derive new expressions from them, to form from them numerous variations, and to found whole compositions on them. This license is frequently met with in the compositions of the singers, preachers, and others who imagine themselves to be able to compose a poem. Such authors write things which partly are real heresy, partly contain such folly and absurdity that they naturally cause those who hear them to laugh, but also to feel grieved at the thought that such things can be uttered in reference to God. Were it not that I pitied the authors for their defects. and did not wish to injure them, I should have cited some passages to show you their mistakes; besides, the fault of their compositions is obvious to all intelligent persons. You must consider it, and think thus: If slander and libel is a great sin, how much greater is the sin of those who speak with looseness of tongue in reference to God, and describe Him by attributes which are far below Him; and I declare that they not only commit an ordinary sin, but unconsciously at least incur the guilt of profanity and blasphemy. This applies both to the multitude that listens to such prayers, and to the foolish man that recites them. For more sources see: The Halachic Principles of Tircha De-Tzibura See also: WHAT HAPPENED TO SHORT PRAYERS? by Woolf Abrahams It is curious that Kavod is linked directly with “silence”. In the Talmud with the bored silence of the congregation as the Priest, Rabbi or Torah reader fiddles and extends the survice and in the account of Nadab and Abihu, with the silence of their father, Aaron וַיִּדֹּם, אַהֲרֹן. משנה תורה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים ד׳:ט״ז (טז) כֵּיצַד הִיא הַכַּוָּנָה. שֶׁיְּפַנֶּה אֶת לִבּוֹ מִכָּל הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת וְיִרְאֶה עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלּוּ הוּא עוֹמֵד לִפְנֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה. לְפִיכָךְ צָרִיךְ לֵישֵׁב מְעַט קֹדֶם הַתְּפִלָּה כְּדֵי לְכַוֵּן אֶת לִבּוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִתְפַּלֵּל בְּנַחַת וּבְתַחֲנוּנִים וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה תְּפִלָּתוֹ כְּמִי שֶׁהָיָה נוֹשֵׂא מַשּׂאוֹי וּמַשְׁלִיכוֹ וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ. לְפִיכָךְ צָרִיךְ לֵישֵׁב מְעַט אַחַר הַתְּפִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִפָּטֵר. חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִין שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם תְּפִלָּה וְשָׁעָה אַחַת לְאַחַר תְּפִלָּה וּמַאֲרִיכִין בִּתְפִלָּה שָׁעָה: Mishneh Torah, Prayer and the Priestly Blessing 4:16 (16) What is to be understood by concentration of the mind? The mind should be freed from all extraneous thoughts and the one who prays should realize that he is standing before the Divine Presence. He should therefore sit awhile before beginning his prayers, so as to concentrate his mind, and then pray in gentle tones, beseechingly, and not regard the service as a burden which he is carrying and which he will cast off and proceed on his way. He should, accordingly, also sit awhile, after concluding the prayers, and then leave. The ancient saints were wont to pause and meditate one hour before the service, one hour after the service and take one hour in its recital. If our prayers are modeled on the Sacrifices then maybe we should offer prayers in distinct classes (think yoga classes, with sign-up.... Sin offering Peace offering Musaf (extra Shefa) offering Pesach (transition) offering Thanks Offering Compare to Pseukei de'zimra - Song / Praise morning / mid-day. end of day Torah Reading - Study Kavanh - Meditation

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Subject: "Our Reasonable Service." - (Romans 12: 1-21, I Cor. 12) cont.

Subject: "Our Reasonable Service." (Romans 12: 1-21, I Cor. 12) cont.

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