Rejoice in the LORD: "I am setting before you the blessing and the curse"

Grace (unmerited favor) is God's gift. Because of this gift, we should be careful of our choices. Worshipping (what we value, "worth ship"), God will sow seeds that will result in the blessing, whereas worshipping "idols" sows seeds that will result in the curse. Each day, each moment is a choice, that leads one way or the other. Obedience leads to joy. He wants us to commune together in "the presence of the LORD" and rejoice in the blessings that God has given us. "Rejoice in the LORD always". We discuss God's prohibition against eating blood but we are told to "pour it out on the ground", because "the life of the flesh is in the blood." God alone is the Creator of life. And how the blood of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua Ha Mashiach was poured out on the ground for our salvation and to conquer death. His blood sprinkled on the mercy seat is the once and for all atonement, God's greatest gift of mercy and forgiveness. Through the symbolic taking of His blood and communion, we share in and with the body of Christ, as one new man in Yeshua ha Meshiach, Jesus Christ.