Shabbat Date

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Shabbat Date Podcast

Our mission: Connect people to their Creator on His set apart day. Our vision: To generate a movement where others want to share their Sabbath.

  1. 07/10/2023

    Ben and Pamela - Explain to My Wife, Why Sabbath is Not a Thing!

    After being convicted and questioning church traditions regarding the sabbath, Pamela was led to study the Scriptures. She waited years for Ben to catch up. Their pastor was steadfastly holding the line that the church fathers had the authority to create new traditions by moving worship from Sabbath to Sunday.Once they saw the beauty of the 7th day in practice, they also saw how much of scripture, including all future prophecy and the return on Messiah was keyed to the 7th day Sabbath. By practicing this discipline, they realized that they were truly walking like Messiah walked. Accepting the reality that they were grafted into an ancient culture, observing the 7th day, and not simply drifting through the ways of the world.After this discovery and for over 15 years, they have been blessed by coming together with their children and grandchildren. They have been able to honor the Father as a family together without the busy schedule of jobs and tasks to interfere. It has created a unified family value that’s extended down two generations, and even up one, to Pamela’s mother. So, four generations are affected and blessed, based on this one simple act of obedience.Shabbat becomes the set-in stone finish line for each week. This creates a rhythm to their lives that is set and focused on obedience and promised blessings. When the sun sets on Friday, they don’t have to remind or coerce anyone to cease our striving. They have been expecting and desiring that moment for six long days. As a family, they have chosen to keep things simple (paper plates) and not ritualistic (no candles). It’s more of an organic embrace of the day, rather than a “religious” event.If you have never celebrated the sabbath, think on this: Messiah said he was the Lord of the Sabbath. And 1 John 2:6 says, “whoever claims to abide in Him must walk just as He walked.” (What else could discipleship even mean?) This simple act of obedience will unlock blessings and understanding that simply reading scripture can never produce. Faith requires action, and ironically there’s no action more Holy than resting.

    30 min
  2. 27/09/2021

    Robert and Lisa - Covenant with Father Starts with Family

    Robert and Lisa's journey into observing the sabbath began when Lisa was challenged to state which day was the sabbath with support from scripture. After realizing that, even though she had read the entire bible, she could not remember any scriptures to support her belief that Sunday (the first day) was the sabbath. Thus began her research into every scripture in the Bible that mentions the sabbath. Upon completion of this study, she was shocked at how important the keeping of the sabbath is to our identity as a people who are in covenant with the one true God, YHVH, the creator of heaven and earth. She also recognized that it had NEVER been changed from the 7th to the 1st day in scripture. This went against everything she had ever been taught (and believed) about the Bible. With Robert's support, the children and Lisa immediately began to try to keep the sabbath to the best of their understanding. Lisa then explained to the children what they would be doing and why, as the chore schedule would now be changed so that no work, no homeschooling, and no shopping would occur on Saturdays. For the first sabbath, Lisa cooked a special meal on Friday, so that we could enjoy the day together without having to cook. The children and Lisa sang praise and worship songs, read scripture, and relaxed on that very first Shabbat (around 2004-2005). The blessings of this obedience to His word was palpable throughout the day, and Lisa knew that she had found the truth. Thus began a journey that could not be conceived in her thoughts at the time.Obedience to the truth of scripture, instead of the doctrines of man, opened Robert and Lisa up to a new journey that they did not foresee.  Their deeper understanding of scripture literally changed the trajectory of the life of their family! When she says "journey", Lisa did not mean a quick detour or short exploration but rather, she meant a new journey that would forever change their understanding of the Bible and how they live their lives on a daily basis. It involved letting go of beliefs and traditions that they had held their entire lives.  It also included the blessings which come with walking in biblical truth. This meant that family members did not always understand or agree with some of the truth that they would ultimately embrace. Though these challenges were difficult to endure, the blessings from the Father that they saw in our lives, and in their family far outweighed the negative.Now, their family looks forward to their weekly Shabbats and Friday's are very busy as they prepare enough food for Friday and Saturday.  This lets them fully rest from their labors of the week. As a family, they gather in the evening on Friday and have blessings of the bread and wine, blessings of our children, and all husbands and wives that are present bless each other in prayer. They sing the Shabbat song to open Shabbat, and then enjoy a meal together. On Saturday (Shabbat), they have coffee together and a special Sabbath Sweet that was prepared (usually by our daughter) on Friday. If we are home together then we read the weekly Torah portion. However, sometimes we get together with other families of like mind to fellowship and have bible study together.

    34 min
  3. 09/10/2020

    Heath and Leah - Kiddish Makes the 7th Day a Sabbath

    The journey to Sabbath for both Heath and Leah was unique for each of them. Leah kept Sabbath from her birth, and Heath became aware of Sabbath during his courtship with Leah. Once they were married and started having children, they were united in Sabbath and His Appointed Times. They find that Shabbat has been a blessing to their family as it brings them together every week as a family. It is also a break from the rest of the world.The biggest blessing for their family is to see their children's reverence for Shabbat and their Creator.When asked, "How do you make Shabbat special or set aside from the other six days?" Leah says, "Kiddush Service on Friday Evening." Sometimes she will make a special dessert or meal. They will also try and do things together as a family because they are too busy the rest of the week. They will play games or watch a movie together. But most especially, they enjoy sleeping in on Shabbat! Although Heath says that sleeping in past 6:30 is "sleeping in". He is too used to getting up early every day.The Todd's would like to leave you with a scripture and is their way of sharing a great reason to celebrate the seventh day Sabbath:"Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed." Exodus 31:16-17

    25 min

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Our mission: Connect people to their Creator on His set apart day. Our vision: To generate a movement where others want to share their Sabbath.

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