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28 Tishrei 5778 Dean's Birthday @home ODB: The Cross and the Crown Read: John 19:21-30 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” 22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[ b ] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. Bible in a Year: Isaiah 53–55 | 2 Thessalonians 1 Isaiah 53: 1 Who has believed our message  and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. Isaiah 54:1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you wh...

27 Tishrei 5778 Tuesday Home Bound The Stop over at Hong Kong Ready for new adventures that await me at home ODB: The Rugged Road Read: Psalm 25:4-11 4  4 Make me know your ways, Adonai, teach me your paths. 5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me; for you are the God who saves me, my hope is in you all day long. Bible in a Year: Isaiah 50–52 | 1 Thessalonians 5 Isaiah 50 4 Adonai Elohim has given me the ability to speak as a man well taught, so that I, with my words, know how to sustain the weary. Each morning he awakens my ear to hear like those who are taught. 5 Adonai Elohim has opened my ear, and I neither rebelled nor turned away. 6 I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. 7 For Adonai Elohim will help. This is why no insult can wound me. This is why I have set my face like flint, knowing I will not be put to shame. 8 My vindicator is ...

26 Tishrei 5778 October 16, 2017 Bethlehem Day ODB: Treasures in Heaven Read: Matthew 6:19-24 19 “Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal. 20 Instead, store up for yourselves wealth in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and burglars do not break in or steal. 21 For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also. Bible in a Year: Isaiah 47–49| 1 Thessalonians 4 7  Isaiah 47 A Message to Jezebel, the Babylonian Queen 1 “Come down, and sit in the dust, you virgin daughter of Bavel! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, daughter of the Kasdim! No longer are you to be called dainty and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; take off your veil, strip off your skirt, uncover your legs, wade through the streams. 3 Your private parts will be exposed; yes, your shame will be seen. I am going to take vengeance, and no one will stand...

25 Tishrei 5778 Navon's Birthday Jordan Baptism  Galilee Tour Sunday OBD: God's direction Read: Proverbs 3:1–8 3  Do not let grace and truth leave you — bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people. Bible in a Year: Isaiah 45–46 | 1 Thessalonians 3 Thus says Adonai to Koresh, his anointed, whose right hand he has grasped, so that he subdues nations before him and strips kings of their robes, so that doors open in front of him, and no gates are barred: 2 “I will go ahead of you, levelling the hills, shattering the bronze gates, smashing the iron bars. 3 I will give you treasures hoarded in the dark, secret riches hidden away, so that you will know that I, Adonai, calling you by your name,  4 It is for the sake of Ya‘akov my servant, yes, for Isra’el my elect, that I call ...

24 Tishrei 5778 Shabbat at Melech Kavod Nazareth Tour ODB: All safe! All well! Read: Hebrews 11:8-16 13 All these people kept on trusting until they died, without receiving what had been promised. They had only seen it and welcomed it from a distance, while acknowledging that they were aliens and temporary residents on the earth.[ c ] 14 For people who speak this way make it clear that they are looking for a fatherland. 15 Now if they were to keep recalling the one they left, they would have an opportunity to return; 16 but as it is, they aspire to a better fatherland, a heavenly one. This is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Bible in a Year: Isaiah 43–44| 1 Thessalonians 2 Isaiah 43: 1  But now this is what Adonai says,he who created you, Ya‘akov, he who formed you, Isra’el: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I am calling you by your name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through water, I will be wi...