I’ve been upset, sad and angry, hurt and disappointed…the whole “enchilada.” But I can now say that I can laugh in the face of my oppositions and disappointments.
The first time I realized I was a marked man was when a high ranking Israeli leader showed me a file they had on me. I was shocked! I was speechless and stupefied. I asked myself, “How in the world would such records get all the way to this high office in Jerusalem?”
Sure enough, this was only the beginning of a terrible series of reports on me and my activities. (Not to worry because I’m not setting the stage for a horrible confession of any sort!) I must say that almost all those reports were false or contained outdated and erroneous information.
Another Israeli leader threw some acronyms of organizations I didn’t even recognize. What’s worse, they associated me with Christian councils and organizations I’ve long resigned from or never even belonged to. If they would’ve only asked—I would’ve told them but they chose to “Google” me through the internet. All they used was false and erroneous information.
I’ve been accused of being a missionary, a Messianic, a Baptist pastor, a Jewish imposter, a Jews for Jesus fanatic and on and on. The truth is that I’ve been none of these!
A vicious group of individuals that I’ll refer to as “wanna-be Jews” published a report on me saying that “The jury is out, now we know that Dell Sanchez is a Baptist pastor…” Frankly, I’ve never even been a Baptist nor a Baptist pastor. What often hurts the most is that the handful of these individuals happens to be from among my own people that have become embittered enemies of our cause.
It’s strange that these few “wanna-be Jews” do the very things that Torah talks against such as presenting false reports and even alienating sincere learners. And a few Christians do about the same thing forgetting that the New Testament has some luscious words against the evil use of the tongue. I must admit that the only Jews I hang out with are “real Jews” that love God and respect me; this includes a few are wonderful rabbis!
As I said before, I can now laugh in the face of all these cartoons—but I still prefer Laurel and Hardy; but, hey, I’m learning to love even those that see themselves as my enemy. They don’t know they’re doing me a favor of keeping the sword of my life razor sharp. I’ll have you know that I’m having the greatest time of my life! I’ll have you know that I’ve never been closer and more intimate with God than today. And I’ve never had such great friends and trustworthy people as now, although few.
I leave you first with the words of Solomon and also David.
Solomon wrote: “A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.” (Proverbs 12:23)
David wrote: “O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, 2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.” (Psalm 109:1-5)
Shalom from a wonderfully marked man,
Dell
PS, Thanks for helping me make our January “Buy 2—get 1 Free Book” a good success! While this sale isn’t on this month I’d still like you to visit my website’s publication page for a listing of books and DVDs.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Prophecy for 2011
Not Effort but Sacrifice!
(Notice the book blast discount at the end of this letter.)
First, I need to emphasize that you do not need to be a prophet to have foresight and to share your personal prognostications of what you perceive could take place in the future. This statement is more than a shot in the dark--it is something that's deep in my (spiritual) gut. So please cut me a little slack as you read it. If you don't agree, that's fine with me. Either way, I'd like your comments on it.
The year 2010 included two exoduses. As we exited 2010, the weekly Torah portion led us into the Book of Exodus (i.e., exiting). I’m just now remembering that God whispered into my heart that He is ushering us into a desert-exodus experience this year.
I believe God is leading America into a desert of sorts. We’re not to worry because God’s intent is for our good and not for our harm. I do not think this desert wilderness will last 40 years but I do know it is intended to TEST us. Needless to say, we’re at the brink of tests that come in the form of mighty shakings.
Exodus 16:4-5 says, “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.’” Please note, God is saying that He wants ‘to see whether we will follow His instruction’ and directives. In other words, the good news is that He wills to instruct and direct us if we let Him. We have nothing to loose if we do and all to loose if we don’t.
Exodus 20:20 says that Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” His tests are intended to keep us from sinning any more. In other words, God’s intent is to STOP US from sinning—because we have sinned pretty miserably.
God’s test includes no less than two things.
First, God is taking our “toys” away from us. Secondly, God is requiring more than our good efforts—He is demanding sacrifice. Let me explain.
God is stripping us, including our government from the toys that have consumed much of our attention, money and time. God is stripping us of our pet projects which kept us too busy from truly listening and depending on Him. We’ve become addicted to the little toys that keep us so busy on an individual and a national basis. We see this in the news every single day—how God is stripping our government from material things we took for granted which led to mismanagement of God’s resources. This is sending shock waves all across our nation and also affecting all nations of the world. And He isn’t through with us yet.
Secondly, God is requiring real sacrifices from each and every American citizen. Situations that we could previously accomplish with some good effort will no longer work this year. God has led us to the point where we must go way above and beyond the very best efforts we could ever engage in. God is expecting us to make real sacrifices in order to attain His best for us and for our nation.
Psalms 51:16-17 reads: “You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”
In other words, God will no longer endure what we called our personal sacrifices which became nothing more than route and routine. He is requiring the sacrifices of a “broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart…”
This sounds much like that which God spoke to King Solomon in 2 Chronicles 7:14: “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Now this is what I call sacrifice in this day and age in our nation–willingness to humble ourselves, a real commitment to pray and truly seek God’s face and to turn from our “wicked ways.” But this shouldn’t be a sacrifice if we hadn’t become such a proud and arrogant people.
The epitome of the sacrifice God’s calling for is captured in Psalm 50:5 which says, “Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
God doesn’t want another temporary or provisional commitment. He wants a permanent and irreversible covenant with Him which can take place only by our daily and personal sacrifice. This is the only way that, individually, we’ll press beyond the insurmountable obstacles that lay before us. And this is also the only way that our nation might possibly remain as the number-one nation in the world. Failure to do this only spells our nation’s bankruptcy.
And if our nation goes down, most Americans will go down too. Conversely, if most Americans go down, we’ll pull our entire nation along with us too.
So it is that we do not need a new set of toys and addicting pet projects to keep us busy or entertained. We need 2 Chronicles 7:14 to become our daily prayer and action. We need to contract every muscle within our being to sacrifice itself so that we might finally achieve God’s purpose and destiny for us and for our nation.
In conclusion, the title for the first Torah reading for the New Year reads: “And I appeared.” I earnestly believe that if we follow the 2 Chronicles 7:14 formula set by The Almighty, He shall appear to our nation once again. I believe God will “hear from heaven and will forgive (our) sin and will heal (our) land”—and this begins with you and me today.
Shalom,
Dell
PS: Don’t forget you’ve got till the end of January ('11) to get in on the BOOK BLAST DISCOUNT. For any two titles you purchase, you’ll get a FREE copy of my book, “THE LAST EXODUS.” Simply go to the PUBLICATIONS page of my website and put your order. WWW.4sephardim.com
(Notice the book blast discount at the end of this letter.)
First, I need to emphasize that you do not need to be a prophet to have foresight and to share your personal prognostications of what you perceive could take place in the future. This statement is more than a shot in the dark--it is something that's deep in my (spiritual) gut. So please cut me a little slack as you read it. If you don't agree, that's fine with me. Either way, I'd like your comments on it.
The year 2010 included two exoduses. As we exited 2010, the weekly Torah portion led us into the Book of Exodus (i.e., exiting). I’m just now remembering that God whispered into my heart that He is ushering us into a desert-exodus experience this year.
I believe God is leading America into a desert of sorts. We’re not to worry because God’s intent is for our good and not for our harm. I do not think this desert wilderness will last 40 years but I do know it is intended to TEST us. Needless to say, we’re at the brink of tests that come in the form of mighty shakings.
Exodus 16:4-5 says, “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.’” Please note, God is saying that He wants ‘to see whether we will follow His instruction’ and directives. In other words, the good news is that He wills to instruct and direct us if we let Him. We have nothing to loose if we do and all to loose if we don’t.
Exodus 20:20 says that Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” His tests are intended to keep us from sinning any more. In other words, God’s intent is to STOP US from sinning—because we have sinned pretty miserably.
God’s test includes no less than two things.
First, God is taking our “toys” away from us. Secondly, God is requiring more than our good efforts—He is demanding sacrifice. Let me explain.
God is stripping us, including our government from the toys that have consumed much of our attention, money and time. God is stripping us of our pet projects which kept us too busy from truly listening and depending on Him. We’ve become addicted to the little toys that keep us so busy on an individual and a national basis. We see this in the news every single day—how God is stripping our government from material things we took for granted which led to mismanagement of God’s resources. This is sending shock waves all across our nation and also affecting all nations of the world. And He isn’t through with us yet.
Secondly, God is requiring real sacrifices from each and every American citizen. Situations that we could previously accomplish with some good effort will no longer work this year. God has led us to the point where we must go way above and beyond the very best efforts we could ever engage in. God is expecting us to make real sacrifices in order to attain His best for us and for our nation.
Psalms 51:16-17 reads: “You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”
In other words, God will no longer endure what we called our personal sacrifices which became nothing more than route and routine. He is requiring the sacrifices of a “broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart…”
This sounds much like that which God spoke to King Solomon in 2 Chronicles 7:14: “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Now this is what I call sacrifice in this day and age in our nation–willingness to humble ourselves, a real commitment to pray and truly seek God’s face and to turn from our “wicked ways.” But this shouldn’t be a sacrifice if we hadn’t become such a proud and arrogant people.
The epitome of the sacrifice God’s calling for is captured in Psalm 50:5 which says, “Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
God doesn’t want another temporary or provisional commitment. He wants a permanent and irreversible covenant with Him which can take place only by our daily and personal sacrifice. This is the only way that, individually, we’ll press beyond the insurmountable obstacles that lay before us. And this is also the only way that our nation might possibly remain as the number-one nation in the world. Failure to do this only spells our nation’s bankruptcy.
And if our nation goes down, most Americans will go down too. Conversely, if most Americans go down, we’ll pull our entire nation along with us too.
So it is that we do not need a new set of toys and addicting pet projects to keep us busy or entertained. We need 2 Chronicles 7:14 to become our daily prayer and action. We need to contract every muscle within our being to sacrifice itself so that we might finally achieve God’s purpose and destiny for us and for our nation.
In conclusion, the title for the first Torah reading for the New Year reads: “And I appeared.” I earnestly believe that if we follow the 2 Chronicles 7:14 formula set by The Almighty, He shall appear to our nation once again. I believe God will “hear from heaven and will forgive (our) sin and will heal (our) land”—and this begins with you and me today.
Shalom,
Dell
PS: Don’t forget you’ve got till the end of January ('11) to get in on the BOOK BLAST DISCOUNT. For any two titles you purchase, you’ll get a FREE copy of my book, “THE LAST EXODUS.” Simply go to the PUBLICATIONS page of my website and put your order. WWW.4sephardim.com
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