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Scripture Reflection By Beth Auman

Oct7

 

The Blessing of Adonai—Empowered to Respond His Way


Psalm 103:2–4 TLV

2 Bless Adonai, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits:
3 He forgives all your iniquity.
He heals all your diseases.
4 He redeems your life from the Pit.
He crowns you with lovingkindness and compassions.

Recently, someone came against me very strongly because I testified about being part of a Women’s Empowerment Retreat.

Believe me when I say that the retreat was truly empowering. Many of our lives have been profoundly changed through hosting and participating in these retreats. All Glory, Praise, and Honor to YHWH, my Elohim, in Yeshua’s Name.

My heart was hurt by the words of a woman I do not know and who does not know me. Had she read what I have written or attended a teaching I have given, she would have understood that the empowerment I was speaking of was the Blessing of Adonai.

“The blessing of Adonai brings wealth
and He adds no trouble with it.”
Proverbs 10:22 TLV

Yeshua taught us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, so that we may be children of our Father in heaven.

I did indeed feel persecuted in that moment. Yet I knew to bless, not curse.

I prayed for her salvation in fullness. I prayed that she would truly understand Abba’s Blessing. What had hurt my heart drew heartfelt prayer out of me—for her and for others who might misunderstand what it means to be empowered by Him.

The Blessing of Adonai is an empowerment: an empowerment to be and do His Will in this earth.

Even when we would like to respond with our own opinion or take our own action, He empowers us to respond His way.

We speak the blessing in Yeshua’s Name and trust Abba to work. He is the One with the power.

Matthew 5:43–45 TLV

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”


This connection brings to my heart a picture of kneeling before Adonai and asking for His Blessing over a person, a group of people, or a situation.

Kneeling is a posture of humility. It expresses our acknowledgment that YHWH is Sovereign.

When we bless another person, we ask for His favor, protection, and goodness over that person’s life. We bring the person before Him in prayer.

We ask. Abba empowers. He is the One with the power.

These words help us reflect upon the blessing we receive from Adonai and the blessing we ask Him to bring into another person’s life.

When Yeshua instructs us to bless those who curse us and pray for those who persecute us, we can ask Abba to work in their lives—to bring salvation, understanding, healing, and the empowerment to change.

This is difficult. It is very different from the world’s way of responding.

However, when we humble ourselves before YHWH, we kneel in the posture of our hearts. We declare that He IS Sovereign and that there is none other. We take up His cause rather than our own.

We are saying:

“YHWH, Your way is best, and I submit.”

Then we can rise and leave it with Him.

We may or may not see the outcome with our own eyes. But from that moment, we know whom we have trusted.

We trust—and we move forward.

We do not have to remain captured by the hurt or held captive by another person’s opposition. We can follow what He has instructed us to do.

We forgive.
We bless.
We trust that He will do the rest.

Reflection Questions

  1. As I read Psalm 103:2–4, which of Adonai’s benefits do I need to remember today? How has His lovingkindness met me in a difficult moment?
  2. When someone misunderstands me or speaks against me, what rises in my heart? What would it mean to bring that response before Abba?
  3. How have I experienced the Blessing of Adonai empowering me to be and do His Will?
  4. Is there someone I need to forgive and bless? What can I sincerely ask Abba to bring into that person’s life?
  5. Where do I need to kneel in the posture of my heart and say, “YHWH, Your way is best, and I submit”?
  6. What outcome am I still trying to hold in my own hands? Can I leave it with Him and move forward in trust?

A Prayer at the Gate

Abba, YHWH, my Elohim,

I bless Your Holy Name. Help my soul remember all Your benefits. You forgive, heal, redeem, and crown me with lovingkindness and compassions. Let what I have received from You shape what flows from my heart toward others.

You know the places where words have wounded me. I bring that hurt before You. Guard my heart and guide my response. When my own opinion rises and I want to defend myself, help me pause, hear You, and respond Your way.

I kneel before You in the posture of my heart. You ARE Sovereign. Your way is best, and I submit.

Empower me by Your Ruach HaKodesh to forgive, to bless, and to pray with sincerity. Let my prayer for another person flow from Your love.

Abba, I ask for Your Blessing over those who have misunderstood me or spoken against me. Draw them close to You. Bring salvation in fullness, understanding, healing, and the freedom to walk in Your Truth. Work in my heart also, wherever I need correction, healing, or a deeper understanding of Your ways.

You are the One with the power. I place both the person and the outcome into Your hands.

Lead, Guide, Guard, Protect, Provide, Align, and Assign all that I am and all that I do. Empower me to be and do Your Will in this earth.

Whether or not I see the outcome with my own eyes, help me rise, leave it with You, and move forward in trust.

I forgive. I bless. I trust You to do the rest.

For His Glory Alone, in Yeshua’s Name.

Amen.

Blessings and Shalom in Yeshua,
Beth Auman

Stone upon Stone.

Scripture upon Scripture.

For His Glory Alone.

BlessingofAdonai© 2026 Beth Auman • FaithTestimony.org

 

Scripture Of The Week By JoBeth Kested

Mar15

Scripture for the week of March 15, 2015
By JoBeth Kested

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because he delighted in me. Psalm 18:17-19 (NIV)

Have you ever felt like you are facing enemies or difficult circumstances too powerful to overcome? Sometimes we find ourselves in the midst of overpowering situations that feel like there is nowhere to turn and no one to help. These scriptures remind us that even when we are confronted with hopeless delimas and powerful foes, underneath our shaking knees we have the unshakable strength and support of the all powerful, almighty King of kings and Lord of lords. Because our Heavenly Father delights in you and me, He rescues us from any captivity and bring us out into the freedom of open spaces with new opportunities. Whatever we face today or tomorrow we must not forget to rejoice in the truth that the Lord delights in us and will always be our strength, our deliverer, and Savior. All glory, honor and praise to our God! Yes, amen!

Scripture Of The Week By JoBeth Kested

Mar8

Scripture for the week of March 8, 2026
By JoBeth Kested

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV)

Have you ever experienced the abandonment of someone special, the betrayal of a friend, rejection of family, or a deep empty loneliness that won’t go away? Or, do paralyzing fears in your life or fear of death cripple your hopes for the future? This scripture is a comforting promise that no matter what valley of pain or fear we may have to walk through in this life, there is absolutely no power, nor anyplace, any person nor anything that can separate us from the love of Christ. Corrie ten Boom, a survivor of one of the worst Nazi concentration camps during WWII, once said, “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” If you struggle with past hurts, present anxiety, fear of death or fear of any future dilemma, ask Jesus to come fill your heart with His perfect love that casts out all fear. (1 John 4:18) Only Jesus can heal our hearts and fill us with His love that never fails and will never leave us. May you know the joy of God’s endless love for you today.

Love Day Blessings To You Today

Feb14

Let us all remember what Love actually is.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Everyday belongs to YHWH. So declare His Word.

24 This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 NKJV

I am Thankful for all of you whom Abba gave to me to Love. His Love is in my heart and my goal in life is to Love like Yeshua (Jesus) my Messiah!!

Blessings and Shalom – Love Beyond Measure, Beth Auman

Scripture Of The Week By JoBeth Kested

Dec28

Scriptures for the week of December 28, 2025
By JoBeth Kested

Even when you are old, I (God) will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you. I will carry you and save you. Isaiah 46:4 (NCV)

As we face a new year and things unknown, do you ever have fear and worry about what the future may hold? The older we get the easier it is to focus on the uncertainties and possibilities for unexpected difficulties and disasters that may come. What an encouraging promise from The Lord that even if we face changing circumstances, financial limitations, deteriorating health or the frailty of old age, our Father God, Who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, will care for us. As surely as He gave us life, He is more than able to provide, carry and save us no matter what we may face in the future ahead. We can confidently place our hope in The Lord. Thank You, Lord!

Scripture Of The Week By JoBeth Kested

Nov2

Scripture for the week of November 2, 2025
By JoBeth Kested

For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods, in whose hand are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 95:3-6 (NASB)

Have you ever had your breath taken away in the beauty of an ocean sunset, stood in awe of snow capped mountains or captivated by the delicate display of wild flowers in a meadow? Elohim, the Creator God, the most masterful of all artists, reveals Himself to us in the minuscule and extravagant details of His creation. God displays His majesty in the loftiness of mountains high and ocean depths. He calls us to fear and wonder at His sovereignty in the power of storms and miraculous expressions of mercy in our lives. He draws us near to His heart in the loveliness of butterfly wings, the fragrance of a rose and the wonder of the birth of a baby. Then, wonder of all wonders we are invited to call Him Father because He loves us! Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Amen!

Exposing Yourself as Cain

Sep13

Examine yourself.

We are to:
Romans 12:15-16 TLV 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. [a] 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.

If this is not what you are doing.. you have exposed yourself as Cain.

There is a great exposing happening during this Month of Elul. Cain has risen to slay a brother. Others who claim to know Yeshua, are clearly sons and daughters of Cain with stones in their hands.

I have witnessed this with my own eyes and I plead Yeshua’s blood over each one and ask that prior to the day of Atonement – Repent and be cleansed!

We are to be the One New Man..Yeshua is coming back for. I personally have dedicated my life to being His Bride. I do not want to be left behind. There is no greedy grace, but you can Repent!

Ephesians 2:14-16 TLV 14 For He is our shalom, the One who made the two into one and broke down the middle wall of separation. Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility— 15 the law code of mitzvot contained in regulations. He did this in order to create within Himself one new man from the two groups, making shalom, 16 and to reconcile both to God in one body through the cross—by which He put the hostility to death.

Genesis 4 TLV

Cain and Abel’s Blood

4 Now the man had relations with Eve his wife and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I produced a man with Adonai.” 2 Then she gave birth again, to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd of flocks while Cain became a worker of the ground. 3 So it happened after some time that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to Adonai, 4 while Abel—he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. Now Adonai looked favorably upon Abel and his offering, 5 but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

6 Then Adonai said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, it will lift. But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the doorway. Its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. [a] 9 Then Adonai said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”

“I don’t know,” he said. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10 Then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. 11 So now, cursed are you from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 As often as you work the ground, it will not yield its crops to you again. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

13 Cain said to Adonai, “My iniquity[b] is too great to bear! 14 Since You expelled me today from the face of the ground and I must be hidden from Your presence, then I will be a restless wanderer on the earth—anyone who finds me will kill me!”

15 But Adonai said to him, “In that case, anyone who kills Cain is to be avenged seven times over.”

So Adonai put a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him would not strike him down. 16 Then Cain left Adonai’s presence and dwelled in the Land of Wandering, east of Eden.

 

The Truth being revealed according to John 8:31-32 is that we must examine ourselves and choose. If you celebrate the death of another Child of athe Most High God.. you are exposing yourself as a child of Cain an antichrist spirit is in you and YHWH cares not what you think or want to say. He only cares truly about His Word (Yeshua). He has written how we are to conduct ourselves.

Either you are OR you are not. Examine yourself while there is still Time.

Don’t be a Virgin with no oil..one who spent their time cursing others, not fulfilling the Commandment to:

Matthew 22:37-40 TLV 37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ [b] 40 The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Blessings and Shalom from one who has no stones in her hands.

 

Beth Auman

Scripture Of The Week by JoBeth Kested

Jun8

Scripture for the week of June 8, 2025
By JoBeth Kested


But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head. I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me. Psalm 3:3-5 (NKJV)

Have you ever felt like you need a protector and defender or someone to help hold your head up when troubles just seem too much? And have you ever cried out for help when no one was there and you couldn’t even sleep to escape the hopelessness? The Lord makes several wonderful promises to us in these verses; declaring His compassionate care for us when we are distraught, frail and feel abandoned. 1) He is our shield, protector and defender. 2) He is our glory; bestowing His goodness, praise and honor upon us. 3) He lifts up our head and restores our hope. 4) He hears our prayers and cries for help! 5) He grants us sleep and rest in our weariness. 6) He sustains us and provides all our needs. Rest in the assurance today and everyday that He will hear your voice and answer you from His holy hill because of His great love for you. Selah!

Scripture Of The Week By JoBeth Kested

May4

Scripture for the week of May 4, 2025
By JoBeth Kested

I will stand at my guard post. I will station myself on the wall. I will watch to see what He will say to me and what answer I will get to my complaint. Habakkuk 2:1 (GW)

Have you ever had to wait longingly for an important letter or phone call that would free you from the anxiety of something unknown or for hopes fulfilled? How agonizing the waiting process can be; demanding all of our attention and hindering our ability to focus on anything else! What if we turned that same waiting expectation and anticipation toward hearing God’s voice? It is interesting that this scripture instructs us to watch and wait with the assurance that God will answer our complaints or questions. Or with the Lord’s gentle reproving correction from some others translations. We are encouraged to take our place like a disciplined soldier standing guard upon the fortress high place and to watch with confident expectation that our loving God will surely answer all our doubts, fears, questions and complaints. Lord, help us to wait on You. Give us eyes to see your ways and ears to hear your voice. Yes, amen.