The Fast of Isaiah 58... Yom Kippur 2012

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! I pray that you all have had a blessed Moedim(Feast Days)

and that YHVH can use you to share His good news with others.

We have been busy lately but I do want to update you on what we have been doing. 

10 days ago was Yom Kippur, and as you know, it is called the Day of Atonement/Repentance.

 In Leviticus 23 it says:

Leviticus 23:26-32

.  And YHVH spoke to Moshe, saying, 

27 “On the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be a set-apart 

gathering for you. And you shall afflict your beings, and shall bring an offering made by fire to YHVH. 

28 “And you do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, 

to make atonement for you before YHVH your Elohim. 

29 “For any being who is not afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. 

30 “And any being who does any work on that same day, 

that being I shall destroy from the midst of his people. 

31 “You do no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 

32 ‘It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings. On the ninth day

 of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.”

This is the only day of the year that the high priest was able to go

 into the Most Holy Place and make an offering for the sins of all of Yisra'el

 as it says in Leviticus 16:

Leviticus 16:29-34

  “And this shall be for you a law forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, 

you afflict your beings, and do no work, the native or the stranger who sojourns among you. 

30 “For on that day he makes atonement for you, to cleanse you, 

to be clean from all your sins before YHVH.. 

31 “It is a Sabbath of rest for you, and you shall afflict your beings – a law forever. 

32 “And the priest, who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place, 

shall make atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, the set-apart garments,
33 And he shall make atonement for the Most Set-apart Place, and make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar, and make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 

34 “And this shall be for you a law forever, to make atonement for the children of Yisra'el, 

for all their sins, once a year.” And he did as YHVH commanded Moshe.

Now, on this day He tells us to afflict our beings and fast. Now most people think of fasting as praying all day and not eating. But a couple of years ago we found a passage in Isaiah that talks about the true fast that YHVH really wants, and since we should be doers of the Word and not just hearers, we paid special attention:

Isaiah 58:1-5

“Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to 

My people their transgression, and the house of Yaʽaqob their sins. 

2 “Yet they seek Me day by day, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness,

and did not forsake the right-ruling of their Elohim. They ask of Me rulings

 of righteousness, they delight in drawing near to Elohim. 

3 They say, ‘Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our beings, 

and You took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting you find pleasure, and drive on all your laborers. 

4 “Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wrongness. 

You do not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high. 

5 “Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to YHVH?

So if the real fast isn't to not eat and put sackcloth on, then what is it that we are supposed to do...?

James 1:27

Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans

 and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Isaiah 58:6-7

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke? 

7 “Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Yahshua promises us in Matthew 25 that those who will inherit the kingdom of Elohim will be the ones who give food and water to the hungry and thirsty brings in the strangers clothes the naked, and goes to the prisons, because He says:

Matthew 25:40

“And the Sovereign(Yahshua) shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far

 as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’

So basically in essence, what is the real fast?

Matthew 22:37-40

And Yahshua said to him, "You shall love YHVH your Elohim with all your heart,

 and with all your being, and with all your mind."

38 “This is the first and great command. 

39 “And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 

40 “On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.”

That is what it truly is, to love, and Yahshua was the perfect example of that. 1st Peter says:

1 Peter 2:21-25 

For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us,

 leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps, “

22 who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth,” 

23 who, being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, did not threaten,

 but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 

24 who Himself bore our sins in His body on the timber, so that we, 

having died to sins, might live unto righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed.  

25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now 

 returned(Teshuvah) to the Shepherd and Overseer of your lives.

May we all learn to LOVE YHVH and show our LOVE by LOVING our neighbor, whether it be your best friend, some kid down the block, a homeless man, or a poor widow. 

May YHVH bless you!

Until next time...

Shalom!

The Montanez Family

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

Yom Teruah 2012… The Bridegroom is Coming!

Chag Sameah Teruah-Happy Feast of Trumpets

El Duruy, Valle de la Estrella, Costa Rica

Lost House of Yisra'el

Leviticus 23:2,24
 “Speak to the children of Yisraʼel, and say to them, ‘The appointed times of YHVH,
which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these:
24 “Speak to the children of Yisraʼel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,

 you have a rest, a remembrance of blowing of trumpets, a set-apart gathering.

 

Our family thought we were going to be alone for these feasts.
Then we told one family about the feasts and then sent a text message to some other people.
We prayed that Abba YHVH would use us and bring who He wanted to be with us.
It has been an amazing experience to see Him at work. We started receiving texts saying that
they were coming and that their neighbor wanted to come as well. HalleluYAH!

  Matthew 18:33
‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant,
as I also had compassion on you?ʼ 

We had to drive them up and down the mountain and across the river.
It took 4 trips in the day and 3 trips at night to move them but it was worth it. 

Psalms 72:3 "
Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, by righteousness."

  

Let the children come to me....
Our hope is that the next generation come to know, love and serve Yahshua HaMashiach.
These are the last generation. Help us become a testimony to them. I asked one of them,
 "Do you know a man of God?", and he answered " you". I lost words and felt disappointed
and humbled that he could not see Elohim in any other man.
At the same time I felt responsible for the Testimony I carry.

Psalms 149:3 "
Let them praise His Name in a dance; Let them sing
 praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre."

How beautiful are the inheritance of the womb He allows us to bring for Him.

 

Zechariah 8:23
“Thus said YHVH of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all languages of the nations take hold,
yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite, saying,
 “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” 

Hebrews 4:12
"For the Word of Elohim is living, and working, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
 cutting through even to the dividing of being and spirit, and of joints and marrow,
and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart."

 

 

Psalms 98:6
"With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
Raise a shout before YHVH, the Sovereign."

HalleluYAH!!!

Jeremiah 16:19
"O YHVH, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles
 shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood,
futility, and there is no value in them.”

We have heard from those that came that they will return to be with us for Sukkot
and will bring others with them. Praise YAH for Ushpizin. Visitors for Sukkot are a blessing.
 We are preparing food and teachings and will need transportation to bring people up.
 It must be a 4x4 vehicle and we have contacted someone that will charge us a fee.
Pray for provision for that!

If you feel led to send a gift offering to cover the expenses to celebrate the feasts
in Costa Rica for the people of Valle de la Estrella and El Duruy please do so in the donation link.
Praise Abba El Shaddai and Yirei that provided for this feast and allowed
our family to reach this season of Moedim (Appointed times)

Philippians 4:17, 19-20
 "Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that is multiplying to your account.
And my Elohim shall fill all your need according to His riches in esteem by Messiah Yahshua.
 And to our Elohim and Father be esteem forever and ever. Amen."

The Montañez Family

Servants of El Shaddai YHVH Elohim Tzevaot taking the
good news of Yahshua HaMashiach
 to the captives of teachings and commandments
of men in Central America. Shalom Shalem.

PS. With this said please consider these teachings on the End Times Series by 119 ministries and Passion for Truth.

Rags 2 Modesty

2Corinthians 3:18

And we all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of YHVH, are being

 transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from YHVH, the Spirit.

How thankful I am that our Father has given me a creative gift to use for His Glory. 

Over a year ago Suzanne introduced me to making skirts from pants. Since then I’ve probably 

made over 30 to give away and Bless others. What started out as doing something nice for 

someone has turned into a “Modesty” ministry, an open door for teaching about 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. 

Our life is truly not our own and we are bought with a price. As women weather young or old 

we will stand before judgment to answer if we have been a stumbling block for our brother. 

  No scrap of material is safe in my hands! I’ve discovered that both young and old
are willing to trade in their jeans(holes and all) for a recycled skirt. 

Shh…this one is made from a pair of Christopher’s shorts that I got tired of fixing!

An old pair of jeans has become a beautiful full “hip” skirt.

 

Had to try my hand at embroidery after watching a sister and 

decided it made a really nice patch for a torn skirt. 

Hmm…this seems to be inspired from my “Tree of Righteousness Shawl.”

 

Reina and Selena each gave me a pair of jeans to make a skirt with and a matching head covering. 

They do look beautiful don’t they?

 

And of course their Mom Mayra didn’t want to be left out.

This skirt was a trade with a young lady whose skirts were a little too short! 

She was quite happy with this one and has asked me to make her another one. 

After making several for Mayra and her girls I told her it was time she learned to make her own skirts.

 She did a beautiful job.

 

Check out the beautiful embroidery on this denim skirt. This is not store bought. 

A very beloved sister in Panama did this for me after I recycled several of her and her daughters skirts. 

Although it’s hard to see, this is a top someone had given us with a couple a small stains on it. I just embroidered some cute little flowers on top of them. 

These black bermudas are my latest project for a young lady.

As a worn out old pair of jeans are transformed into something new, creative and useable, 

we pray that the lives of each one of these ladies, both young and old, 

will transformed and conformed to our Creator’s as well.

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.

Titus 2:3-5

The older women likewise are to be set-apart in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of what is good, in order for them to train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, blameless, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of Elohim is not evil spoken of. 

  

If you are interested in promoting and supporting modesty, and would like to help us in this endeavor, 

you can make a donation through our donation button at the lower right side of the page or visit our site at Mayim Chayim Inspirations.

Until next time...

 

Shalom! 

Tammy Montanez 

Servant of Yahshua, Child of YHVH  

HalleluYAH!

Baruch Mishpacha/ We have visitors!

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! I pray that you will all have a 

blessed Shabbat and that YHVH will bless your Mishpacha(Family) as well.

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Now, on to the pictures!

 Psalms 133:1

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 

 

It is always good to have family, spiritually or physically. 

And it’s even better when we are all following YHVH and guarding His right-ruling.

 We were very blessed last Shabbat to have a family come up from town, especially a

 family like brother Reynaldo and sister Mayra’s, as well as a young man named Luis. 

We also have a VERY special visitor from New Jersey, our dear, dear Cousin Jenny. 

She has been blessed not just spiritually, but physically in a large way. 

 

 

Getting ready to start Shabbat. 

Exodus 20:8

  “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. 

It is always a blessing to go through 

what the bread and the fruit of the vine mean and how Yahshua fulfilled being 

the bread of life and the blood of the renewed covenant. 

 

Christian blowing the Shofar to enter in the Shabbat

Psalms 89:15 

Blessed are the people Who know the blowing trumpet-call! 

They walk, O YHVH, in the light of Your face.

. Shabbat is always a special time, physically and spiritually, resting from work 

and learning from Yah’s Torah of everlasting life. HalleluYAH!

My mom teaching Dona Mayra and her girls how to do Hebrew dances.

Dancing to YHVH was and still is very important part of worship. 

There were Levites that danced in the Temple, and King David danced when they brought the 

Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem. Dancing is a large part of rejoicing and praising YHVH,

 as David states in Psalms 149:

Psalms 149:1-4

Praise Yah! Sing to YHVH a new song, His praise in an assembly of kind ones.
Let Yisra’el rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion exult in their Sovereign.
Let them praise His Name in a dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre.
For YHVH takes pleasure in His people; He embellishes the meek ones with deliverance. 

My dad teaching our cousin Jenny a bit about the Scriptures.
 

We should learn from the Scriptures always, but Shabbat is that special time for us

 where we read from the Torah and see how it applies to us today, as well as looking 

for little jots and tittles that point us to Messiah and how the Torah was literally lived through Him. 

Amen! She has been healed by hearing His Torah. Ears that hear!

Romans 10:17 

So then belief comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Elohim.

Our view behind our house. 

Shabbat also gives us a time to stop and look at YHVH’s beautiful creation. 

YHVH created everything in six days, and on the seventh day He rested and blessed all His work. 

So when we look at and see YHVH’s blessing all around us, from the sky, grass, and trees to the food, family, and fellowship, let us all praise YHVH in whatever way we can so that He may be glorified!
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YHVH has gratefully allowed our beloved Cousin Jenny to come down from New Jersey. 

This is the first time we have had a family member visiting from the States, so it makes it even more special.

 

Cousin Jenny’s testimony of life!

My mom and Cousin Jenny. Cousin Jenny was born almost completely deaf. 

She, like all children that are deaf, learned how to read lips and do sign language, 

and with the partial hearing that she did have was able to learn how to speak well. 

She had what you would call an average life like anyone else, until a couple of years ago. 

Cousin Jenny and my mom walking down a steep hill. 

Three years ago, she had an ear infection. It got so bad that it impaled the rest of her hearing, 

making her totally deaf. More than six months later she went into surgery to have an artificial 

hearing system put behind her ear. Thankfully it worked, but during her surgery she had a 

stroke and another small one several months afterwards as well. This has left the left side of her

 body very weak and she couldn’t walk without a cane and a person standing next to her. About 5-6

 months ago we started praying about making plans to bring her  here, and finally, August 13th, she came.

Philippians 4:13 

I have strength to do all, through Messiah who empowers me.

 

Cousin Jenny taking corn of the cob and learning how to make tortillas. 

In just the days she has been here we have seen a HUGE difference. 

When she came here she was very tired and couldn’t walk by herself, but now by just being here 

she has gone through some amazing changes. She can walk by herself quickly with a cane, 

helps a lot around the house, and for the past 3 days has been taking a BUNCH of 

corn off the cob for food,  for the chicken’s and for us. She has also been blessed spiritually,

 learning about the ancient paths and the forgotten truth of the Scriptures.

Jeremiah 17:14 

Heal me, O YHVH, so that I am healed. Save me, so that I am saved, for You are my praise. 

With her here she has been blessed so much, physically and spiritually, and we have been so

blessed by her company. Pray for her continual healing and that when she goes back 

to the States that she can be a living testimony, a miracle to the rest of the family of just how big 

of a blessing it is to live the way YHVH wants us to live, whether by the foods we eat, 

keeping Shabbat, or just walking, breathing, seeing, and living in YHVH’s beauty everyday.

Jeremiah 32:17-19

‘Ah, Master YHVH! See, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is no matter too hard for You,
18  who show kindness to thousands, and repay the crookedness of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them – the Great, the Mighty El, YHVH of hosts is His Name,
19  great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. 

Until next time, from our Mishpacha to yours…

Shalom!

The Montanez Family

 Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH 

HalleluYAH!

Mattithyahu/Matthew 28:19-20 

“Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in the Name 

of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit, teaching them to guard all that 

I have commanded you. And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

 Amen.