Pastor Stephanie
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LEVITICUS 23:1-2 NLT
The Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
These are the LORD’S APPOINTED FEASTS/FESTIVALS, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.
We are saved from sin. We start to shine.
LEVITICUS 23:3-4 NLT
“You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of COMPLETE REST, an official day for holy assembly.
It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live. “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD’S APPOINTED FESTIVALS, the official days for holy assembly that are to be CELEBRATED at their proper times each year.
We are special. We have God.
We are born Gentiles. We have all the blessings of Abraham all because of Jesus Christ.
Our God is always laughing and joyful
Everyday is a celebration.
To be celebrated. These are the Lord’s appointed.
It is God’s bountiful harvest.
PASSOVER AND THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
LEVITICUS 23:5-6 NLT
“The LORD’S PASSOVER begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must BEGIN CELEBRATING the FESTIVAL of UNLEAVENED BREAD.
This festival to the Lord continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
God accelerated every area of our lives
He will bless us even more. Prosper us even more. He will bring rain.
Follow the keys of the kingdom. Take the key and unlock it.
Signify Jesus as the final sacrifice of the Lamb.
Today we have total removal of sin in Christ
EXODUS 12:21 NLT
Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a LAMB or young goat for each of your FAMILIES, and slaughter the Passover animal.
EXODUS 12:22 NLT
Drain the blood into a basin.
Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the BLOOD. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses.
And no one may go out through the door until morning.
No bone is broken
He became sick because of our problems.
No one can touch your household
EXODUS 12:13 NLT
But the BLOOD on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying.
When I SEE the BLOOD, I will PASS OVER you.
This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
There is no judgement.
We escape spiritual death not because of ourselves.
Only the sacrifice. The blood of the lamb.
We just need to see the blood. They are followed and protected by God
CELEBRATION OF FIRST HARVEST
LEVITICUS 23:9-10 NLT
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
When you ENTER the LAND I am GIVING you and you HARVEST its FIRST crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain HARVEST.
All have sin and the wages of sin is death.
God sees His blood.
Blessings after blessings will chase after us all the days of our lives.
We enter only because of Jesus. This is underserved favour.
All our blessings is because of God’s goodness to us.
You bring something to honour the king.
To show him extreme respect
FEAST OF HARVEST
LEVITICUS 23:15-16 NLT
“From the day after the Sabbath—the day you bring the bundle of grain to be lifted up as a special offering—count off seven full weeks.
Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, FIFTY DAYS later. Then PRESENT an OFFERING of new grain to the Lord.
Your life and mine are blessed in Christ
FEAST OF TRUMPETS
LEVITICUS 23:26-28 NLT
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Be careful to CELEBRATE the Day of ATONEMENT on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the FESTIVAL of TRUMPETS.
You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and PRESENT SPECIAL GIFTS to the LORD .
Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with the Lord your God.
FEAST OF SHELTERS
LEVITICUS 23:33-36 NLT
And the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
Begin CELEBRATING the Festival of SHELTERS on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.
This FEAST TO the LORD will last for seven days.
On the first day of the festival you must proclaim an official day for holy assembly, when you do NO ORDINARY WORK.
For seven days you must PRESENT SPECIAL GIFTS to the LORD.
The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the Lord.
This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.
Rest in Him
God is setting us free from all worries
His grace is for today
The goodness of God is always there in our
lives
We celebrate the feast by presenting a special gift to the Lord
LEVITICUS 23:37-38 NLT
(“These are the LORD’S APPOINTED FEASTS).
CELEBRATE them EACH YEAR as official days for holy assembly -
BY PRESENTING SPECIAL GIFTS TO THE LORD —
burnt offerings,
grain offerings,
sacrifices, and liquid offerings—
each on its proper day.
These festivals must be observed in addition to the Lord’s regular Sabbath days, and the offerings are in addition to your personal gifts, the offerings you give to fulfill your vows, and the voluntary offerings you present to the Lord.)
No evil or sickness can touch you.
We owe it all to Jesus
LEVITICUS 23:39 NLT
“Remember that this seven-day festival to the Lord—
the Festival of Shelters—
begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month,
AFTER you have HARVESTED ALL the PRODUCE of the LAND.
The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete REST.
Even the ground has to be rested.
Jews holiday start at evening
Jewish holidays start at nighttime.
According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day.
So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.
Passover 2022 will begin in the evening of
Friday, 15 April
and ends in the evening of
Saturday, 23 April
Shabbat, April 23, 2022
End of Passover is on April 23 this year
Shabbat is a rest day
PSALM 91:1-2 NLT
Those who live in the SHELTER of the Most High will find
REST in the shadow of the Almighty.
This I declare about the Lord:
HE ALONE is my REFUGE, my PLACE of SAFETY;
HE is MY GOD, and I TRUST HIM.
Under the shelter of the almighty
He alone is my refuge
My place of safety. Who is our safety? God takes care of us
Experience His reality in our everyday life
PSALM 91:3-4 NLT
For he will rescue you from every trap and PROTECT you from DEADLY DISEASE.
He will COVER you with his feathers. He will SHELTER you with his WINGS.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
God sees the blood.
His Promises are your armour and protection
Keep on meditating.
PSALM 91:5-6 TPT
You will never worry about an attack of demonic forces at night nor have to fear a spirit of darkness coming against you.
Don’t fear a thing!
Whether by night or by day, demonic danger will not trouble you, nor will the powers of evil launched against you.
PSALM 91:7 TPT
Even in a time of disaster, with thousands and thousands being killed, you will remain unscathed and unharmed.
Fill your heart with the word of God. Renew your mind.
You are the living bible. Put all your healing verses inside you
Every word of God needs action. Faith without work is dead.
PSALM 91:9-10 TPT
When we live our lives within the shadow of God Most High, our secret hiding place, (YOUR SHELTER) we will always be SHIELDED from harm.
How then could evil prevail against us or disease infect us?
Rapture is bringing us to the One we honour today. It is not escape.
We are shielded.
When we start believing God and act on God’s Word, special angels are sent out.
PSALM 91:11-12 TPT
God sends angels with special orders to PROTECT you wherever you go, defending you from all harm.
If you walk into a trap, they’ll be there for you and keep you from stumbling.
PSALM 91:13 TPT
You’ll even walk unharmed among the fiercest powers of darkness, trampling every one of them beneath your feet!
PSALM 91:14 TPT
For here is what the Lord has spoken to me: “Because you have delighted in me as my great lover, I will greatly PROTECT you.
I will set you in a high place, safe and secure before my face.
He is watching over us face to face.
Burst forth with joy and singing God’s goodness
Continue stay in the shelter.
Jesus is our Hero. A glorious Hero
PSALM 91:15 TPT
I will answer your cry for help every time you pray, and you will find and feel my presence even in your time of pressure and trouble.
I will be your glorious hero and give you a FEAST.
You will be satisfied with a full long life
PSALM 91:16 TPT
You will be SATISFIED with a FULL (LONG) LIFE and with all that I do for you.
For you will ENJOY the FULLNESS of my SALVATION!”
God said He wants to do for us.
Do for us when we trust Him
Enjoy the fullness of His salvation
H7646 SATISFIED
Original: שׂבע שׂבע
Transliteration: śâba‛ śâbêa‛
Phonetic: saw-bah'
to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled,
to be sated (with food)
to have in EXCESS,
to ENRICH
have enough,
FULL of,
have PLENTY of
SALVATION
Original: ישׁוּעה
-YESHÛ‛Â H
DELIVERANCE,
WELFARE,
PROSPERITY
VICTORY
We have a big God inside us. Let Him come out in our lives.
Align ourselves with big God
DEUTERONOMY 16:10 NLT
Then CELEBRATE the FEAST of HARVEST to HONOR the LORD your GOD.
BRING HIM a VOLUNTARY OFFERING in proportion to the BLESSINGS you have RECEIVED from HIM.
Divine means from God
You will have long life when you honour your parents
Honour Him with our gifts and blessings
There is a time to celebrate
This is a TIME to CELEBRATE BEFORE the LORD YOUR GOD at the designated
place of worship he will choose for HIS NAME to be HONORED.
We have Jesus. We celebrate Him
Celebration is for the whole family
Celebrate in the honour of God
God put His gospel everywhere
Celebration means happy.
DEUTERONOMY 16:15 NLT
For seven days you must CELEBRATE this FESTIVAL to HONOR the LORD your God at the place he chooses,
For it is HE WHO BLESSES YOU with BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS and GIVES YOU SUCCESS in ALL your WORK.
This FESTIVAL will be a TIME of GREAT JOY for all.
Jesus died on the cross for us to be blessed
Gather without fear. God is the same God
You are God’s child already. Everyone of us we have received Jesus we go under His blood. We take the faith and trust Him. He is surely going to bless and much more.
Continue to celebrate Jesus in honour of Him who died for us
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