Avenue Vineyard October 04, 2015

“A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.” Proclamation of Parliament, January 31 st, 1957

God is a God that wants to be known. He wants us to know him. He wants to be close to us.

Colossians 1:11,12 “We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.”

Leviticus 23:42-43 “You shall live in booths for seven days; all that are citizens in Israel shall live in booths, 43 so that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”

Exodus 24:7 “All that you have said we will do and hear.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel “A Jew is asked to take a leap of action rather than a leap of thought. He is asked to surpass his needs to do more than he understands in order to understand more than he does. In carrying out the word of the Torah (God’s instruction) he is ushered into the presence of spiritual meaning. Through the ecstasy of deeds he learns to be certain of the hereness of God.”

“ 6 These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did…” 1 Corinthians 10:6

“…have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.” Exodus 25:8

Exodus 40:34,38 “ 34 Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle… 38 The cloud of the Lord hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.

“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31:8

“The Word (Jesus) became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a- kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.” John 1:14, The Message

John 14:1,18-20 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me…No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. 19 Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. 20 When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”

“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’ ” John 7:37,38

13 “For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me—the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!” Jeremiah 2:13