My boys have TWO mommies!

My sweet 8-year-old is pretty typical, I suppose. She is my only girl, and most girls I know are "bossy" and often times can be over-attentive to younger siblings. She follows through and makes sure everyone does what I tell them to do, or what she thinks they should be doing. She tattles on anyone for anything. I am constantly having to reminder her that SHE is NOT the mom. Mostly she just needs a reminder every so often, but there have been a couple of times when we had to scold her pretty good for crossing WAY over the line.

But the bright side of it is, she is going to be such a great, loving and nurturing mother someday! She loves to hold babies and sing to them, especially her own baby brothers. She has put Joe to sleep many times, even without a pacifier! She will hold him, swing him in her arms, wear him in the carrier, tell him she loves him....it is all so very sweet!

She's even getting good at multi-tasking!

(playing X-box Kinect while holding Joe)

And it's always a blast to dress a live baby doll!
(she picked these clothes out herself)

Last night as we were walking out the door to go somewhere, she asked if she could carry Joe out to the car. Since that left me to carry everything else, she made sure I got it all! "Don't forget diapers! And did you get his pacifier? What about his blanket?"

Yep, that girl is going to be a pro at this very soon! In the meantime, we need to remind her that it is not her duty to make sure her 6-year-old brother keeps his nose on the wall when he is in trouble, or tell her 3-year-old brother to "dry it up!" when he cries from not getting his way! If she sticks to kissing owies, reading books and singing to them, she'll be just fine!

Keeping the Commandments of God

218 Verses on keeping the Torah.


This list was put together by a man named Christopher Walter Fredrickson and I thought I would pass it along. 

(I have not read through all of them yet but here they are!)

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1.) Is.2 [The Torah will be taught in the Millennial Kingdom]

2.) Is.8:20 [Those who are against the Torah have no light in them]

3.) Is.42:4 [The coastlands will wait for YHWH's Torah]

4.) Is.42:21 [YHWH will exalt the Torah and make it honorable]

5.) Is.51:7 [The Torah mentioned to be on people's hearts before Jer.31:33]

6.) Jer.31:33 [The Torah will be on our hearts during the Millennial Kingdom]

7.) Micah 4:2 [Nations will come to learn the Torah in the Millennial Kingdom]

8.) Zech.14:16-19 [The Feast of Tabernacles will be kept in the Millennial Kingdom (Lev.23)]

9.) Lam 2:9 [Jeremiah lamented that the Torah is no more. Why lament if it will be done away with?]

10.) Psalm 119 [David exalted the Torah]

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-The Gospels-

*Matthew:



11.) Matt.4:4-10 [Yeshua used the Torah to rebuke the adversary (Deut 8:3; 6:16; 6:13)]

12.) Matt.5:17-19 [Those who teach against Torah will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven]

13.) Matt.7:12 [The Golden Rule (Midrash on Torah)]

14.) Matt.9:20 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]

15.) Matt.11:13 [Yeshua used the Torah & the Prophets to prove John the Baptist valid]

16.) Matt.12:5 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]

17.) Matt.14:36 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]

18.) Matt.22:36-40 [Yeshua taught the greatest commandments from the Torah USING the Torah]

19.) Matt.23:23 [Yeshua emphasized the weightier matters of the Torah USING the Torah]

*Mark:



20.) Mark 3:4 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]

21.) Mark 6:18 [John the Baptist used Torah to rebuke Herod (Lev.20:21)]

22.) Mark 6:56 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]

23.) Mark 10:5-12 [Yeshua taught on divorce using the creation account]

*Luke:



24.) Luke 2:21 [Yeshua circumcised on the eighth day (Lev.12:2-3)]

25.) Luke 2:22-39 [Yeshua was presented before YHWH as the first born (Ex.34:19)]

26.) Luke 2:24 [An offering was made for Yeshua being the first born (Lev.12:6)]

27.) Luke 4:16 [Yeshua's custom was to attend Synagogue on the Sabbath day not Sunday]

28.) Luke 6:3-9 [Yeshua is Master of the Sabbath]

29.) Luke 10:26-28 [Yeshua encouraged Torah observance by elevating the weightier commandments]

30.) Luke 10:30-37 [Yeshua gave a parable of the good Samaritan/love your neighbor]

31.) Luke 14:5 [Yeshua preserved life on the Sabbath]

32.) Luke 16:16 [Yeshua used Torah and the Prophets to prove John the Baptist is valid]

33.) Luke 16:17 [It is easier for heaven & earth to pass away than for Torah to do so]

34.) Luke 24:44 [Suffering Servant Prophecy fulfilled]

*John:



35.) John 1:17 [Through the Torah, Messiah's Grace was manifested] *

36.) John 1:45 [Phillip used the Torah & the Prophets to convince Nathaniel about Yeshua being Messiah]

37.) John 5:8 [Yeshua healed a lame man on the Sabbath]

38.) John 7:19 [Yeshua used the Torah to defend Himself]

39.) John 7:22-23 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]

40.) John 7:24 [Yeshua taught to judge righteously (Lev.19:15)]

41.) John 7:49 [Yeshua said those who do not know Torah are accursed]

42.) John 7:51 [Nicodemus used the Torah to prove Yeshua innocent]

43.) John 8:5-12 [Yeshua won the challenge concerning the woman in "adultery" (Lev.20:10)]

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-Acts-



44.) Acts 2 [The disciples celebrated Shavuot (Pentecost)]

45.) Acts 6:13 [False witnesses accused the disciples of teaching against the Torah]

46.) Acts 13:14 [Paul went to Synagogue on Sabbath]

47.) Acts 13:15 [Paul attended Synagogue on Sabbath]

48.) Acts 13:39 [Paul taught the Torah and the Prophets in Synagogue]

49.) Acts 13:42 [Gentiles wanted to hear more about Torah and Messiah next Sabbath]

50.) Acts 13:44 [Almost the whole city came the next Sabbath and wanted to learn]

51.) Acts 13:46 [Paul and Barnabas decided to teach Torah/Prophets to the Gentiles (Is.49:6)]

52.) Acts 13:48 [Gentiles were filled with gladness because they get to learn about Yeshua & Torah]

53.) Acts 13:49 [Torah and the Prophets were spread throughout all the region of Antioch]

54.) Acts 15:21 [Moses was taught in all the cities in Synagogues on the Sabbath Day]



55.) Acts 15:28-29

[New gentile converts were to keep the kosher laws of Torah before learning the rest of it]

[Foods offered to idols/eating blood/eating things strangled/sexual immorality]

[(Ex.20:3/Lev.7:26;17:12; 22:8/Deut.14:21)]



56.) Acts 16:13 [Prayer was customarily made on the Sabbath Day]

57.) Acts 17:2-4 [Paul taught Yeshua and Torah for THREE Sabbaths not three Sundays!]

58.) Acts 18:4 [Paul persuaded Jews and Greeks about Yeshua EVERY Sabbath!]

59.) Acts 18:13 [False witness accused Paul of teaching against Torah]

60.) Acts 18:18 [Paul takes a Nazirite vow and shaves his head (Num.6)]

61.) Acts 20:6 [Paul sails to Philippi AFTER Unleavened Bread. Why mention this if it’s done away with?] 62.) Acts 20:7-12 [Paul kept the Sabbath and taught for Havdallah until midnight]

63.) Acts 20:16 [Paul wanted to arrive in time at Jerusalem to keep Shavuot (Ex.34:22/Lev.23:15-22)]

64.) Acts 21:20 [New converts were ZEALOUS for the Torah!]

65.) Acts 21:24 [Paul showed that he keeps the Torah]

66.) Acts 21:28 [More false accusations saying that Paul taught against the Torah]

67.) Acts 22:12 [Paul used the Torah to say Ananias was a devout man]

68.) Acts 23:3 [Paul used the Torah to defend his position]

69.) Acts 23:4 [Paul quoted the Torah (Ex.22:28)]

70.) Acts 24:14 [Paul believed all things in the Torah and the Prophets]

71.) Acts 28:23 [Paul taught people the Torah and the Prophets]

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-Pauline Epistles-

*Romans:



72.) Rom.2:13 [Those who do the Torah and not just hear it are considered justified]

73.) Rom.3:31 [Faith does not make void Torah]

74.) Rom.6:15 [Grace is not permission to sin]

75.) Rom.7:2 [Paul taught the laws of marriage & divorce (Deut.24)]

76.) Rom.7:7 [The Torah is not sin]

77.) Rom.7:12 [The Torah is holy, just, and good]

78.) Rom.7:26 [The Torah is good]

79.) Rom.7:22 [Paul delighted in the Torah of YHWH]

80.) Rom.13:18 [Love fulfills the Torah]

81.) Rom.13:10 [Love fulfills the Torah]

*1 Corinthians:



82.) 1Cor.1:18 [Paul quoted Isaiah 29:14 for his doctrine]

83.) 1Cor.1:31 [Paul quoted Jeremiah 9:24]

84.) 1Cor.2:9 [Paul quoted Isaiah 64:4]

85.) 1Cor.2:16 [Paul quoted Isaiah 40:13]

86.) 1Cor.3:19 [Paul quoted Job 5:13]

87.) 1Cor.3:20 [Paul quoted Psalm 94:11]

88.) 1Cor.5:1 [Paul used Torah to rebuke sin (Lev.20:11)

89.) 1Cor.5:6-8 [Paul encouraged believers to keep Passover (Lev.23)]

90.) 1Cor.5:9-11 [Paul taught to not be yoked with the sexually immoral (Lev.20)]

91.) 1Cor.5:12-13 [Paul quoted Deut.17:7; 19:19; 22:21; 24:7]

92.) 1Cor.6:9-10 [Paul listed immoral actions defined by Torah (Lev.20)]

93.) 1Cor.6:16 [Paul quotes Gen.2:24]

94.) 1Cor.7:10-11 [Paul taught on marriage and divorce (Deut.24)]

95.) 1Cor.7:19 [Paul taught that keeping the Torah is more important than IMMEDIATE circumcision]*

96.) 1Cor.7:39 [Paul taught the laws of marriage and re-marriage]

97.) 1Cor.9:9-12 [Paul did a midrash on Deut.25:4]

98.) 1Cor.9:21 [Paul kept YHWH's Torah when ministering to those who didn't have the Torah]

99.) 1Cor.10:1-22 [Paul did a midrash on Ex.32:6]

100.) 1Cor.10:26 [Paul quoted Psalm 24:1]

101.) 1Cor.14:21 [Paul quoted Isaiah 28:11-12]

102.) 1Cor.15:27 [Paul quoted Psalm 8:6]

103.) 1Cor.15:32 [Paul quoted Isaiah 22:13]

104.) 1Cor.15:45 [Paul quoted Gen.2:7]

105.) 1Cor.15:54 [Paul quoted Isaiah 25:8]

106.) 1Cor.15:55 [Paul quoted Hosea 13:14]

*2 Corinthians:



107.) 2Cor.3:12-17 [Paul did a midrash on the veil of Moses (Ex.34:33-35)]

108.) 2Cor.4:13 [Paul quoted Psalm 116:10]

109.) 2Cor.6:2 [Paul quoted Isaiah 49:8]

110.) 2Cor.6:16 [Paul quoted Lev.26:12/Jeremiah 32:38/Ezekiel 37:27]

111.) 2Cor.6:17 [Paul quoted Isaiah 52:11/Ezekiel 20:34; 41]

112.) 2Cor.6:18 [Paul quoted 2 Samuel 7:14]

113.) 2Cor.8:15 [Paul quoted Ex.16:18]

114.) 2Cor.9:9 [Paul quoted Psalm 112:9]

115.) 2Cor.10:17 [Paul quoted Jeremiah 9:24]

116.) 2Cor.13:1 [Paul quotes Deut.19:15]

*Galatians:



117.) Gal.3:6 [Paul quoted Gen.15:6]

118.) Gal.3:8 [Paul quoted Gen.12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14]

119.) Gal.3:10 [Paul quoted Deut.27:26]

120.) Gal.3:11 [Paul quoted Habakkuk 2:4]

121.) Gal 3:12 [Paul quoted Lev.18:5]

122.) Gal.3:13 [Paul quoted Deut 11:26-28; 27:15-26]

123.) Gal.3:16 [Paul quoted Gen.12:7; 13:15; 24:7]

124.) Gal.4:27 [Paul quoted Isaiah 54:1]

125.) Gal.4:30 [Paul quoted Gen.21:10]

126.) Gal.5:14 [Paul quoted Lev.19:18]

*Ephesians:



127.) Eph.4:8 [Paul quoted Psalm 68:18]

128.) Eph.4:25 [Paul quoted Zechariah 8:16]

129.) Eph.4:26 [Paul quoted Psalm 4:4]

130.) Eph.5:31 [Paul quoted Gen.2:24]

131.) Eph.6:2 [Paul quoted Deut.5:16]

*Philippians:

132.) Philipp.2:17 [Paul related himself to a drink offering (Lev.23:13)]

*1 Thessalonians:



133.) 1Thess.4:2 [Paul taught to walk in the Commandments of YHWH]

134.) 1Thess.4:3 [Paul taught to avoid sexual immorality (Lev.20)]

135.) 1Thess.5:1-11 [Paul taught that those who don't know the Feast Days are in darkness/blind]

*2 Thessalonians:

136.) 2Thess.1:8 [Paul quoted Isaiah 24:23]

*1 Timothy:



137.) 1Tim.1:8 [Paul taught that the Torah is good if one uses it right]

138.) 1Tim.5:18 [Paul quoted Deut.25:4]

139.) 1Tim.5:19 [Paul taught the concept of two witnesses (Deut.19:15)]

*2 Timothy:

140.) 2Tim.3:15 [Paul said Timothy had known the "Holy Scriptures" (Torah/Prophets) since his youth]



141.) 2Tim.3:16 [Paul referred to the Torah/Prophets when he said "Scripture, Doctrine, Instruction"]

142.) 2Tim.4:6 [Paul related himself as a drink offering (Lev.23:13)]

*Titus:



143.) Titus 2:9 [Paul taught obedience to the Torah concerning bondservants & masters (Deut.15:12-18)]

144.) Titus 2:14 [Paul taught that Yeshua died so we will have zeal for good works (Torah)]

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-Other Epistles-

*Hebrews:



145.) Heb.1:5 [quoted Ps.2:7/2Sam.7:14]

146.) Heb.1:6 [quoted Deut.32:43/Psalm 97:7]

147.) Heb.1:7 [quoted Ps.104:4]

148.) Heb.1:9 [quoted Ps.45:6-7]

149.) Heb.1:12 [quoted Ps.102:25-27]

150.) Heb.1:13 [quoted Ps.110:1]

151.) Heb.2:8 [quoted Ps.8:4-6]

152.) Heb.2:12 [quoted Ps.22:22]

153.) Heb.2:13 [quoted 2Sam.22:3/Isaiah 8:17-18]

154.) Heb.3:11 [quoted Ps. 5:7-11]

155.) Heb.3:15 [quoted Ps.95:7-8]

156.) Heb.4:3 [quoted Ps.95:11]

157.) Heb.4:4 [quoted Gen.2:2]

158.) Heb.4:5 [quoted Ps.95:11]

159.) Heb.4:7 [quoted Ps.95:7-8]

160.) Heb.5:5 [quoted Ps.2:7]

161.) Heb.5:6 [quoted Ps.110:4]

162.) Heb.6:14 [quoted Gen.22:17]

163.) Heb.7:17 [quoted Ps.110:4]

164.) Heb.7:21 [quoted Ps.110:4]

165.) Heb.8:5 [quoted Ex.25:40]

166.) Heb.8:12 [quoted Jer.31:31-34]

167.) Heb.9:20 [quoted Ex. 24:8]

168.) Heb.10:7 [quoted Ps.40:6-8]

169.) Heb.10:16 [quoted Jer.31:33]

170.) Heb.10:17 [quoted Jer.31:34]

171.) Heb.10:30 [quoted Deut.32:35-36]

172.) Heb.10:37 [quoted Hab.2:3-4]

173.) Heb.11:5 [quoted Gen.5:24]

174.) Heb.11:18 [quoted Gen.21:2]

175.) Heb.12:6 [quoted Prov.3:11-12]

176.) Heb.12:20 [quoted Ex.19:12-13]

177.) Heb.12:21 [quoted Deut.9:19]

178.) Heb.12:26 [quoted Hag.2:6]

179.) Heb.13:5 [quoted Deut.31:6-8/Josh.1:5]

180.) Heb.13:6 [quoted Ps.118:6]

*James:



181.) Jam.1:22-24 [James taught to be a doer of the Word]

182.) Jam.1:25 [The Torah is liberating]

183.) Jam.2:8 [James quoted Lev.19:18]

184.) Jam.2:11 [James quoted Ex.20:13-14/Deut.5:17-18]

185.) Jam.2:23 [James quoted Gen.15:6]

186.) Jam.3:2-12 [James did a midrash on the evil tongue (Lev.14)]

187.) Jam.4:6 [James quoted Prov.3:34]

188.) Jam.4:12 [James said YHWH is our Lawgiver. Why need a Lawgiver if the Law is done away with?]

*1 Peter:



189.) 1Pet.1:16 [Peter quoted Lev.11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7]

190.) 1Pet.1:25 [Peter quoted Isaiah.40:6-8]

191.) 1Pet.2:6 [Peter quoted Isaiah 28:16]

192.) 1Pet.2:7 [Peter quoted Ps.118:22]

193.) 1Pet.2:8 [Peter quoted Isaiah 8:14]

194.) 1Pet.2:22 [Peter quoted Isaiah 53:9]

195.) 1Pet.3:12 [Peter quoted Ps.34:12-16

196.) 1Pet.3:14 [Peter quoted Isaiah 8:12]

197.) 1Pet.4:8 [Peter quoted Prov.10:12]

198.) 1Pet.4:11 [Peter taught to speak as the Oracles of YHWH (Heb.5:12; Acts 7:38; Rom.3:2)]

199.) 1Pet.4:18 [Peter quoted Prov.11:31]

200.) 1Pet.5:5 [Peter quoted Prov.3:34]

*2 Peter:

201.) 2Pet.2:22 [Peter quoted Prov.26:11]

*1 John:



202.) 1Jo.2:3-5 [We are YHWH's children if we keep His commandments]

203.) 1Jo.2:6 [We are to walk as Yeshua Messiah walked (Torah)]

204.) 1Jo.3:4 [Sin is violating the Torah]

205.) 1Jo.3:22 [We are to do YHWH's commandments and do things that are pleasing to Him]

206.) 1Jo.3:23 [To believe in Yeshua as Messiah is a Torah based faith]

207.) 1Jo.3:24 [Those who keep YHWH's commandments abide in Him, and He in them]

208.) 1Jo.5:2 [We are YHWH's children if we keep His commandments]

209.) 1Jo.53 [It is the love of YHWH to keep His commandments and they aren't a burden]

*2 John:

210.) 2Jo.1:6 [It is love to walk in His commandments]



211.) 2Jo.1:9 [Violators of Torah do not abide in the teaching of Yeshua which is to follow Torah]

[Those who abide in the teaching of Messiah has both YHWH and Yeshua]

212.) 2Jo.1:10 [John said to have nothing to do with those who teach against the teaching of Messiah]

*Jude:

213.) Jude 1:12 ["love feasts" were the Feast Days (Lev.23)]

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-Revelation-



214.) Rev.1:6 [The Torah comes forth from Yeshua's mouth]

215.) Rev.12:17 [The adversary is enraged mainly with those who keep Torah & believe in Yeshua]

216.) Rev.14:12 [Those who endure are they that keep the Torah and believe in Yeshua]

217.) Rev.19:15 [Yeshua judges and strikes the nations with the Torah (Word of YHWH/His Sword)]

218.) Rev.22:14