Monday, January 21, 2013

'When one rules over men in righteousness,when he rules in the fear of God,


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andante147's shared video file.
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2 Samuel 23:1-7 (New International Version)

The Last Words of David

1These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel's singer of songs:2"The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.3The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness,when he rules in the fear of God,4he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'5"Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire?6But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand.7Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie."

AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Hot Spots of the Americas




Jan 21: The Americas, Hot Spots of the Americas

Blessing



Octarium performs Peter Lutkin's "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" live as an encore. 

Listener's Choice concert, February 2011.

The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord lift His countenance upon you.
And give you peace.
The Lord make His face to shine upon you.
And be gracious unto you.
Amen.
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Alleluia - Randall Thompson performed by Octarium

Celebrating the 71st anniversary of Randall Thompson's "Alleluia," first performed on July 8, 1940 at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood under the direction of G. Wallace Woodworth.

Performed by Octarium. Available on the album Essentials (http://www.octarium.org/cd3.html).
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1 Chronicles 7:14 - HEAL OUR LAND



If my people will humble themselves,
humble themselves and pray,
if they seek my face and humble themselves
and turn from the wicked ways;
I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin,
I will hear from heaven and heal their land.

Lord, heal our land, Father, heal our land,
hear our cry and turn our nation back to You;
Lord, heal our land, hear us, O Lord,
and heal our land, forgive our sin
and heal our broken land.

Lord, we bow our knee, we humble ourselves,
humble ourselves and pray,
Lord, we seek Your face, we humble ourselves,
and turn from our wicked ways;
Father in Your mercy, (please) forgive our sin,
Father, in Your mercy, come, heal our land.
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1 Corinthians 13 (New International Version, ©2010)



1 Corinthians 13

1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Kings 11 (New International Version)






1 Kings 11 (New International Version)




Solomon's Wives

1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter--Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.2They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.4As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.5He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.7On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.9The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.10Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.11So the LORD said to Solomon, "Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.12Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

Solomon's Adversaries

14Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.15Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.16Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.17But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking men from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.19Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.20The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath, whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There Genubath lived with Pharaoh's own children.21While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David rested with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was also dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me go, that I may return to my own country."22"What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?" Pharaoh asked. "Nothing," Hadad replied, "but do let me go!"23And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.24He gathered men around him and became the leader of a band of rebels when David destroyed the forces [of Zobah]; the rebels went to Damascus, where they settled and took control.25Rezon was Israel's adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram and was hostile toward Israel.

Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

26Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon's officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.27Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.28Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.29About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country,30and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.31Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes.32But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe.33I will do this because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my statutes and laws as David, Solomon's father, did.34" 'But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who observed my commands and statutes.35I will take the kingdom from his son's hands and give you ten tribes.36I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.37However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.38If you do whatever I command you and walk in my ways and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.39I will humble David's descendants because of this, but not forever.' "40Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon's death.

Solomon's Death

11:41-43pp -- 2Ch 9:29-31

41As for the other events of Solomon's reign--all he did and the wisdom he displayed--are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon?42Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.43Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.

Tov L'Hodot/ It is Good to Give Thanks (Psalm 92:1)



Shalom Chaverim/Friends! 

On this Memorial Day weekend (in the U.S.) I thought, B"H, that I would release this video to serve as a reminder to US ALL (Kol Adam/All Mankind) to REMEMBER to ALWAYS joyfully & willingly offer Thanksgiving to HaKadosh Baruch Hu / The Holy One Blessed Be He, Who has graciously given unto us Breath and Life! Everything good that we have is from His Hand and therefore we should strive to love HIM with all of our hearts, our souls and our resources with great GRATITUDE! I bless us all to learn of HIM who has given us His ALL and has made a WAY for us, Jew and Gentile, to have ABUNDANT LIFE filled with JOY, surrounded by the Shechinah, wrapped in the Beauty of Holiness and VICTORIOUS through the TORAH of LIBERTY!

Here is My Second Video "Tov L'Hodot" shot recently in Holy Jerusalem, Ir HaKodesh! Hope it blesses everyone who watches and even those who don't! I also hope and pray that we would be encouraged to ALWAYS give Thanks to YHVH for everything He's given unto us and for ALL He has done, is doing and will do on behalf of ALL those who have put their trust in HIM, in His Character and GOODNESS!!! May we all live to see the Goodness of YHVH in the Land of the Living! Amen!

Shalom Aleychem! PEACE be unto you ALL!

Micha'el,
His Beloved Watchman!


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IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
AND TO SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME MOST HIGH
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
AND TO SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME ELYON

TOV L'HODOT L'ADONAI UL'ZAMER L'SHIMCHA ELYON
TOV L'HODOT L'ADONAI U'LZAMER L'SHIMCHA ELYON

WE GIVE THANKS (GIVE THANKS) TO THE LORD (TO THE LORD)
FOR HIS MERCIES (FOR HIS MERCIES) ARE FOREVER (FOREVER)*

HODU (HODU) L'ADONAI (L'ADONAI)
KI L'OLAM (KI L'OLAM) L'OLAM CHASDO (CHASDO)
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Proverbs 21 (New International Version)



Proverbs 21

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. [a]

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 The wicked man craves evil; his neighbor gets no mercy from him.

11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.

12 The Righteous One [b] takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16 A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

20 In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.

21 He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity [c] and honor.

22 A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.

24 The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.

25 The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

26 All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!

28 A false witness will perish, and whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever. [d]

29 A wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways.

30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.

31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.

Ruma Adonai / Be Exalted O LORD Psalm 21



"RUMA ADONAI B'UZECHA NASHIRA U'NIZAMERA GEVURATECHA!" Tehilim Kaf Alef 14

Be Exalted O LORD in Your Strength! We will sing and praise Your Power!" Psalm 21:13

Video production by FredJenn at Marbelle in Maui Hawaii
Song & Music Production by Micha'el Ben David & Phillip Rogers of AirDigital, Independence MO
Ballerina Princess - The graceful & beautiful Ashley Zimmerman
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Psalm 21 (New International Version)



Psalm 21

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
2 You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

3 You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.

5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

9 At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.

11 Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;

12 for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.

13 Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.