Acknowledging Roshannah

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm switching gears a bit and I'll be sharing something similar that I shared last year. The name of the blog is called "Acknowledging Roshannah". This is honoring the Jewish holiday is when the Jews have the ten days of awe. The ten days of awe are the ten days of repentance. It all started on September 11th which started almost two weeks ago and it will end tomorrow Monday September 21st. September 21st on Monday is when Yom Kippur starts the Jewish New Year! Wow! Isn't that something? Ladies I've been honoring this Jewish holiday Roshannah since 2020 something I've chosen to honor something I've done by choice. (I also honor Passover but that doesn't mean that I honor Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.) I've been doing this for the past six years is to honor the Jewish roots of Christianity and to be better understand the Jews! I believe that Roshannah is important to celebrate for several reasons. Number one it honors the importance of repentance. Now you maybe thinking "Shouldn't we repent everyday?" Yes we should! Can we honor Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection anytime throughout the year? Yes we should! But there are times of the year to honor and celebrate those events on those holidays. I believe that it's important to repentance is throughout the year but Roshannah is a time to repent. It's the time to allow God to go deep enough to change us. Again that's something we need everyday but Roshannah is a time to allow God to go deep enough to purge us like it says in John 15. The second thing about Roshannah is it's a time of humbling oneself , praying, and fasting. Now should we do those things throughout the year? Yes we should. A Scripture I think about is 2 Chronicles 7:14 that says. "If My people who are called by My name shall humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways. I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal the land". I know a lot of us know that Scripture and side note the first day of Roshannah this year took place on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 I don't believe is a coincidence. That should be a time for us in the body of Christ during Roshannah and year long to do that Scripture in order to see our nation turn around. We humble ourselves, fast, and pray not just for ourselves but for others especially our nation. God notices when we do that. The third thing I want to say is to define what repentance is. You may say, "Why is that important to know?" Repentance means to change thinking, feeling, or course of action. Repentance is like making a u-turn! Many of you should know what that means! If course when were unsaved we had to see our need for Christ and we asked Him to forgive our sins and He helped us to repent which means change! How many of you know we need God even after getting saved to help us to continue to change? I know I do! Many of you know the Scripture in Romans 12:2 "Be not conformed to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind!" Should we ask God to help us change throughout the year? Of course! But Roshannah is also a important time to do it. The fourth thing is it's toward the end of the Jewish calendar. What you ladies need to know is that the Jewish calendar is different than the American calendar. The Jewish calendar has 13 months while our American calendar has 12 months. The end of the Jewish calendar is either in September or October while the last day of the year for the American calendar is December 31st and the new year is on January 1st! So I'm honoring the end of the Jewish calendar and New Year before we honor New Years on December 31st and January 1st! Wow! I get to celebrate three New Years! The fifth thing is that Roshannah can give you a reset. You know how people make goals for the new year? I'm sure all of us have! But how many of us actually keep them and do them? Not many sadly. But Roshannah can help with that and I'm sure all of us want to grow deeper in Christ, reflect His character, and impact the world don't we? I do! In addition to that, I think we have other goals too but Roshannah as well as the Lord can help us obtain what He wants for us to do on the Jewish New year and finish out the rest of the American year strong too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. I'm not trying to force you ladies to do Roshannah but I am saying that it's something to research, pray about, and consider doing. I've been sharing messages on repentance every Sunday in this entire month and will do it even the last Sunday of September a week after Roshannah! I believe that it's going to lead to another important message in October (I trust the Lord to lead me in that) that will be important for all of us. Also if y'all haven't checked out my Anna Christine book I'd encourage y'all to check it out on Amazon or on my website. I also hope y'all will join me for Bible study as well too tonight. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and happy Roshannah y'all!






