1 WEEK until Yom Teruah 2026 begins. Register to watch at YomTeruahCharlotte.com

Encouraging Word of the Week ✨
Praise YAH for Salvation!

Hebrew: "Yeshu'ah"

Psalm 18:1-3

 I love You, O Yahovah, My strength.

Yahovah is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer; My El is my rock, I take refuge in Him; My shield and the horn of my deliverance, my high tower.

I call upon Yahovah, the One to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

Verse of the Week: Acts 21:20

“And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Torah;”

Acts 21:20 records something that should challenge many common assumptions about the earliest followers of Yeshua. Thousands of Jewish believers had come to faith in Messiah, and they were described as zealous for the Torah.

They did not understand faith in Yeshua as abandoning the Scriptures given through Moses. They saw Yeshua as Israel’s Messiah and continued living within the covenantal framework Yehovah had given to His people. Faith in Messiah and zeal for the Torah were not presented as contradictions.

This matters because Christianity has often created a division that the earliest Jewish believers would not have recognized. Yeshua lived faithfully according to the Torah. His apostles participated in the biblical rhythms of Israel. The book of Acts portrays Jewish followers of Messiah continuing to identify themselves with the people, promises, worship, and Scriptures of Israel.

Grace is not a license to sin and does not transform disobedience into righteousness. Those who have been redeemed should desire to walk in the ways of the One who redeemed them.

The restoration of a Torah-positive understanding of the faith is therefore not about returning to legalism. It is about returning to the biblical context of Yeshua and the apostles.

So, this week, consider whether your understanding of discipleship resembles that of the earliest followers of Yeshua. Read the Torah as instruction from your heavenly Father rather than as something opposed to faith. Ask Yehovah to remove inherited assumptions that contradict Scripture and seek to become increasingly zealous for righteous obedience while keeping your confidence completely in Yeshua.

From Susanna, one of our beautiful Australian sisters, shares this demonstration of YHVH's answer to her question. What a wonderful reminder of what we call 'The Golden Rule.  'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' YHVH has made things so simple for us - if we just obey.


As I'm entering into Shabbat here in Australia,  I felt it in my spirit to share a lesson and information that YeHoVaH showed me.
A month ago, I asked Him a question that nobody could answer. 
- How far are we, thousands of years later, living in a different culture from His ways and purpose? 
So many ways we could be lacking,  not even realizing it.

1st lesson came: 
A young gentleman stayed with me for a week, coming from serving in Gaza,  fighting for his country. 
He explained the horrors that are in their daily life,  but also mentioned the community spirit, how communities fight and care for one another. 
That message was my answer!
 In this easy-life society, people grumble about life, and the noise of daily living separates them from each other and ABBA Father. 

2nd lesson:
Just received a testimony of a sister living here whose son was on life support waiting to give his organs, and not one person from her fellowship came to her support asking how they can help. 
This was the second confirmation of the answer I have asked YeHoVaH. 

If we want to follow Yeshua,  we have to love one another by our actions. 
Fellowship is not coming together to sing some songs, but to function as a family,  to live in a community as it was designed so so long ago. 

Blessings , 
Susanna  

“The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath… a perpetual covenant.” -- Exodus 31:16

What Does “Blessing” Really Mean? — בְּרָכָה (Brachah)

We often think of a blessing as kind words or a prayer for someone’s well-being. But the Hebrew word brachah reveals something much deeper. What did “blessing” mean in the biblical world, and what can it teach us about our relationship with Yehovah today?

Discover the deeper meaning behind this familiar biblical word.

Read the full article here:
What Does “Blessing” Really Mean?

Before we start our busy schedules prepping for Shabbat, remember to start with thanksgiving, gratefulness, and gratitude to the One our soul does love. HPD & Shabbat Shalom from the Ambassador Club Family. Love, Angie

HPD = Happy Prep Day! Time to make the challah - and the muffins 😀

One of our Ambassadors, Ken Lockhart from Canada, is quite the poet. His love for the Messiah shows in his ability to put pen to paper and make it dance... enjoy!

The full life, the Zoe life… the life as HE would have it… for you, you, and you.

Throw your heart across the table and let the Lamb slain before creation bleed from His wrist on your broken heart.

Give him the fears and loneliness... let the King of kings in! Imagine, and HE makes it real...imagineer to get near HIM! HE is that close! 

Get an angel of peace from heaven into the mix... an angel carrying hope, an angel carrying more and greater faith.

Grab a heavenly peace pipe from thick air and fill it with 2 Corinthians 3:18; 4:18... light up and breathe that smoke in!  It’s NO joke, its a choice, maybe you become a first class ASS, a Balaams donkey..saving 1 or alot -  or more? Are you or we done beating the self up, or others?

Let the Savior save; that’s HIS Name..that’s HIS nature -  integrity, character, essence... ain’t that NICE... the world of man is being pulled apart.  Decide a 1 or 0, a hero or hater. "All you need is love", insert HIS, and the statement is complete and replete with wisdom.

Think on it.

Ken

Look up! Be watchful... coming to a sky near you!

HEADS UP! This week a LUNAR ECLIPSE will be visible across the United States Thursday evening into early Friday morning (Aug 27/28)! 96% of the Moon’s visible disk will slip into Earth’s shadow. So close to totality that most of it will have a red tint while only a thin bright sliver remains.

Peak Viewing Times

Eastern: 12:13 AM (Friday)

Central: 11:13 PM (Thursday)

Mountain: 10:13 PM (Thursday)

Pacific: 9:13 PM (Thursday)

Only wild card of course will be your local weather, hope for the best! This should be one of the best lunar eclipses visible from the Unites States until the next total lunar eclipse in December 2028. Enjoy and get those cameras ready and share your pix in Rood Community!