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Shilo

Shilo

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I go to a Messianic Synagogue and I think the service is very beautiful, But I do not feel excepted there. There is a potluck in the middle of service. They have service from 10am – 1pm then brake for potluck. Then go from 2pm – 4pm. Well people do not eat my food or eat very little of it. I found some skirts that I thought would look nice on the dancers. Then they could look alike on special things they do at the synagogue and the care homes they visit. Well I prayed to GOD that there would be seven skirts left at the store in one color and next time I went to the store there were exactly 7. I bought them for the synagogue as a gift. Well they did not want them as a gift but offered to buy them from me. I have now brought them to the synagogue two weeks in a row. They act like they want them but do not follow through. So I am thinking of putting them on Ebay now. I amnot sure if I should because I prayed there would be 7 skirts at the store and that is all that they had. My question is this an answered pray so I should keep the skirts or just sale them and move on ? How is this brotherly love when I am treated as an outsider. I was thinking on leaveing the synagogue and praying about it. When I was done praying I opened my Bible and I was at the verse Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Thank you
 
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Sell them to them since they offerred. Then give an offerring with the money. Haha...i dont know.
The word say He Places us in the body as it pleases Him. The mechanics of that must be left up to
Him i spose. But we shouldnt try to presume what others are thinking or have certain expectations
of being noticed or get selfconscience about it right? Whatever coarse you take is up to you. Its your
choice. The mentioned things about your devotion to the Lord is whats cool. Myself i always like
to look at the options and weigh them out before deciding where and why i fellowship.
 
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Some churches (work places, social places, etc.) are very open to everyone, some are not. It doesn't necessarily mean you aren't accepted just because your dishes aren't eaten like the others or that the skirts were not accepted in the way you intended them. Remember, everyone is different. If you feel this is the place for you and you are receiving God's Word and the Holy Spirit there then keep coming. Bring different dishes to the potlucks. Your gifts will be noticed by God, which is most important of course. If you feel you are not receiving the Word of God or don't feel the Holy Spirit there you may want to look elsewhere for your place of worship. Remember, " God doesn't care what church you go to, long as you show up." I pray you find your answers and a church that will embrace your devotion.
 
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Shilo said:
Advice
I go to a Messianic Synagogue and I think the service is very beautiful, But I do not feel excepted there. There is a potluck in the middle of service. They have service from 10am – 1pm then brake for potluck. Then go from 2pm – 4pm. Well people do not eat my food or eat very little of it. I found some skirts that I thought would look nice on the dancers. Then they could look alike on special things they do at the synagogue and the care homes they visit. Well I prayed to GOD that there would be seven skirts left at the store in one color and next time I went to the store there were exactly 7. I bought them for the synagogue as a gift. Well they did not want them as a gift but offered to buy them from me. I have now brought them to the synagogue two weeks in a row. They act like they want them but do not follow through. So I am thinking of putting them on Ebay now. I amnot sure if I should because I prayed there would be 7 skirts at the store and that is all that they had. My question is this an answered pray so I should keep the skirts or just sale them and move on ? How is this brotherly love when I am treated as an outsider. I was thinking on leaveing the synagogue and praying about it. When I was done praying I opened my Bible and I was at the verse Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Thank you
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Well, if you do not feel welcomed, do not go. They may or may not want your skirts, or maybe it is a sign that you are not welcomed there. Those skirts may be a way of showing you.

I do not know if you are welcome, but if you don't feel welcome then it may be that you are not.



What if those 7 skirts were a message, that praying for them to be there, for the reason you wanted them there, was wrong.

You were trying to buy their approval, or be accepted.
They are not in need of those skirts, where there are many people that could of used the money for need.

If they be of Almighty Yahvah God and Yahshua the Messiah then you would never of felt the need to pray for 7 skirts to be welcomed.
 
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Of course i do not mean it is wrong to pray, because your prayer was answered, i mean you asked for something and got it, bit you did not get what you really intended and that was acceptance, or a welcoming feeling.
I think you have been given a message from your prayer.
 
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Just as there are factions in the Christian Messianic assemblies, so there are in the Jewish Messianic assemblies. I am about as goy (gentile) as a person can be. While living in Chicago, I attended a Messianic assembly. I first spoke to the Rabbi before attending, he embraced me, and prayed with me. While attending and out of work, one of the assembly offered me work, however by the time the offer arose, I was already employed. It all depends on the assembly I suppose. At that time I did not know any Hebrew to account for much, and did not feel the need to. Since then I have been led, for myself, to study this wonderful language. So you see, one assembly may be this way and another that way. My prayer is that you continue always in the Love that is Yeshua. If you love Him, you are my dear family and I love you too, because Yeshua first love us each. God bless and keep you in Yeshua, amen.
 
Shilo

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Thanks to all of your for your advice. I do think maybe I am being over sensitive. I think I will find the lady who wants the skirts next saturday and let her know I have them again but this will be the last time I bring them. Then if she does want them I can quit trying to guess what is going on. Thanks again.
 
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I go to a Messianic Synagogue and I think the service is very beautiful, But I do not feel excepted there. There is a potluck in the middle of service. They have service from 10am – 1pm then brake for potluck. Then go from 2pm – 4pm. Well people do not eat my food or eat very little of it. I found some skirts that I thought would look nice on the dancers. Then they could look alike on special things they do at the synagogue and the care homes they visit. Well I prayed to GOD that there would be seven skirts left at the store in one color and next time I went to the store there were exactly 7. I bought them for the synagogue as a gift. Well they did not want them as a gift but offered to buy them from me. I have now brought them to the synagogue two weeks in a row. They act like they want them but do not follow through. So I am thinking of putting them on Ebay now. I amnot sure if I should because I prayed there would be 7 skirts at the store and that is all that they had. My question is this an answered pray so I should keep the skirts or just sale them and move on ? How is this brotherly love when I am treated as an outsider. I was thinking on leaveing the synagogue and praying about it. When I was done praying I opened my Bible and I was at the verse Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Thank you
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Shalom achoti. I'm sorry you are going through this, as in any part of the body of Messiah, whether church or messianic cong. there are always some sour ones we run into. How long have you been going to this one? The oneg is nice.
Since this is an answer to prayer about the skirts, I would hang on to them, it may be that YHVH has them for you to give at a later time, or for someone else all together. Again, I'm truly sorry you are being treated this way.

Father, I lift up my sister to You in the name of Yeshua. I pray for your favor to be poured out upon her. And pray that you will convict the hearts of this congregation that has left her to feel unwelcomed. May they be repentive of their insensitivity, and may you make Shilo to stand out like a light of the Messiah and daughter of YHVH. Watch over her and protect her from the enemy in any agenda that he has to discourage her in any way. In Yeshua's name, Amen
 
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Shilo said:
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I go to a Messianic Synagogue and I think the service is very beautiful, But I do not feel excepted there. There is a potluck in the middle of service. They have service from 10am – 1pm then brake for potluck. Then go from 2pm – 4pm. Well people do not eat my food or eat very little of it. I found some skirts that I thought would look nice on the dancers. Then they could look alike on special things they do at the synagogue and the care homes they visit. Well I prayed to GOD that there would be seven skirts left at the store in one color and next time I went to the store there were exactly 7. I bought them for the synagogue as a gift. Well they did not want them as a gift but offered to buy them from me. I have now brought them to the synagogue two weeks in a row. They act like they want them but do not follow through. So I am thinking of putting them on Ebay now. I amnot sure if I should because I prayed there would be 7 skirts at the store and that is all that they had. My question is this an answered pray so I should keep the skirts or just sale them and move on ? How is this brotherly love when I am treated as an outsider. I was thinking on leaveing the synagogue and praying about it. When I was done praying I opened my Bible and I was at the verse Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Thank you
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is the food you are bringing kosher?
 
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