Micah 7:14-20 Shepherd Your people with your staff, the flock of Your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. Who is a God like You, who pardons sins and forgives the transgressions of the remnant of His inheritance? You do not stay angry forever, but delight to show mercy. You will…
Daniel’s Confession
Daniel 9:4-19 “O Adonai (yod-hey-vav-hey), the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey His commands … We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commands and laws. We have not listened to Your servants, the…
2 Kings 19:15-18 – Hezekiah’s Prayer
“Adonai, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. Give ear, Adonai, and hear, open Your eyes, Adonai, and see, listen to the words [the Adversary] has sent to insult the Living God.” “Adonai our Adonai, deliver us from his hand so that all the…
New Beginnings – The Eighth Day
However, there is a hidden gem within the Shimini Atzeret –– the promise of new beginnings. Yochanan was given a vision of the ‘eighth day’ new heavens and a new earth when all things will be restored to as they were ‘in the beginning’ and should have remained. This is truly the good news of salvation: the restoration of all things.