What's the Problem, then?

 Haven’t I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold’? 
So don’t be afraid or downhearted, because Adonai your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1

After the death of  Moses the servant of Adonai, Adonai said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. So now, get up and cross over this Jordan, you and all the people, to the land I am giving to them, the people of Isra’el. 3 I am giving you every place you will step on with the sole of your foot, as I said to Moses. 4 All the land from the desert and the L’vanon to the great river, the Euphrates River — all the land of the Hittite — and on to the Great Sea in the west will be your territory. 5 No one will be able to withstand you as long as you live. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will neither fail you nor abandon you.

6 “Be strong, be bold; for you will cause this people to inherit the land I swore to their fathers I would give them. 7 Only be strong and very bold in taking care to follow all the Torah which Moses my servant ordered you to follow; do not turn from it either to the right or to the left; then you will succeed wherever you go. 8 Yes, keep this book of the Torah on your lips, and meditate on it day and night, so that you will take care to act according to everything written in it. Then your undertakings will prosper, and you will succeed. 9 Haven’t I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold’? 

'So don’t be afraid or downhearted, because Adonai your God is with you wherever you go.”

A place to run to

The Empty Chair...REGRET.

It's just not worth it.

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“Honor your father and mother” — this is the first commandment that embodies a promise.

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which Adonai your God is giving you."

Exodus 20:12

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Matthew 15:1-20

Then some Pharisees and Torah-teachers from Jerusalem came to Yeshua and asked him,  “Why is it that your disciples break the Tradition of the Elders?  They don’t wash their hands before they eat!

He answered, “Indeed, why do you break the command of God by your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’  
But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,”  
then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.’ 

Thus by your tradition you make null and void the word of God!

 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you,

 ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far away from me.
 Their worship of me is useless,
because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines."

O Jerusalem - your gates....

Psalm 122:1-9

A song of ascents. By David:

 I was glad when they said to me,

“The house of Adonai! Let’s go!”

Our feet were already standing at your gates, O Jerusalem!. 

Jerusalem, built as a city fostering friendship and unity.

The tribes have gone up there, 

the tribes of Adonai,as a witness to Isra’el,

to give thanks to the name of Adonai.

For there the thrones of justice were set up,the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for shalom in Jerusalem;may those who love you prosper.

May shalom be within your ramparts,prosperity in your palaces.

For the sake of my family and friends, I say,

“Shalom be within you!”

For the sake of the house of Adonai our God,I will seek your well-being.