ICI · Sabbath Service
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · Parashah 5 · Hayyei-Sarah
“No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” LUKE 9:62 · KJV
This week's Sabbath scriptures · Parashah 5
“The Life of Sarah” · read on November 7, 2026
Sarah's life is honored and Abraham buys the cave of Machpelah to bury her. His trusted servant goes to Abraham's homeland and, by prayer, finds Rebekah at the well, and Isaac takes her as his wife. Abraham dies “in a good old age” and is buried beside Sarah.
Read by Brother Kendrick Lee (ch. 24) and Brother Samuel Gaines Jr. (ch. 25)
Open the reading ↗With King David old and frail, Adonijah reaches for the throne. The prophet Nathan counsels Bathsheba to go in before the king. She does, and David keeps his oath: Solomon will reign.
Read by Brother Samuel Gaines Jr.
Open the reading ↗Yeshua tells would-be followers what following Him costs: “Let the dead bury their dead.” Then Judas is seized with remorse, returns the thirty pieces of silver, and the potter's field is bought.
Read by Brother Kendrick Lee
Open the reading ↗“No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” This became the theme of the whole service.
Read by Dr. Marlon Jones
Open the reading ↗Also read to close the readings (KJV): the Lamb overcomes, “for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings.”
Read by Dr. Marlon Jones
Open the reading ↗Tap any reading to open it. Want to listen to the scriptures again? The recording is linked at the end of this page.
Service highlights
In person and online, one family. The whole service carried one word: keep moving forward.
Worship opened with “We bless Your holy name” and a declaration over the remnant: we're not looking back, we're moving forward. “The past is over. You make all things new.”
An opening prayer covered the sanctuary and the people with the blood of Yeshua and thanked Yehovah for His Torah written on our hearts. Then readers brought the Parashah: Genesis 23–25, 1 Kings 1, Matthew 8 and 27, Luke 9, and Revelation 17.
Those who feared Yehovah “spake often one to another.” Readers and members shared what they received: faith, trust and obedience; the hand on the plough; going in for an audience with the King.
Dr. Sherah Danielle brought the message: hold on to the truth of the Most High, rightly divide the Word, and don't give up in the pit, because the palace is close.
The congregation welcomed Prophet Apostle Mama Emma Jean, our mother in the faith, by camera. She blessed the family with love and “Shabbat Shalom,” and everyone prayed for her strength and healing.
Good news is coming: “we actually have a few announcements,” to be shared in the coming week or so. Brother Samuel Gaines Jr. closed in prayer.
Members came to the camera one by one to greet Mama Emma Jean. They shared love and prayers, plus a glimpse of their Sabbath meals: salads, vegan chili, plant-based mac and cheese, and more.
Malachi 3:16 sharing
Here is what the readers and the family received from the Scriptures.
“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.”
Malachi 3:16 · KJV
Our Sabbath Scripture readers
From the family
Ministry of the Word · Dr. Sherah Danielle
Dr. Sherah, Mother's daughter, brought the Word. Her message: the Word of Yehovah stays true when people, trends and interpretations change. So study it, walk in it, and don't give up in the pit.
“Regardless of what others may do, what others may think, what others may believe, we know the word of Yehovah.” Many of us once believed differently, like Sunday as the Sabbath or December 25th, and we are still learning. A family near Tampa Bay keeps Sabbath so carefully that they won't even pay for beach parking on it. We're not the only ones.
Some who walked with us for years may not believe the same way anymore, and we love them. Yet each of us must hold on. Do you have a question? “Come now, and let us reason together.”
Peter's vision was about not calling any person common or unclean, meaning Cornelius and the Gentiles. It was not a new menu. Don't take one verse, like Colossians 2:16, and run with it. Yeshua came not to destroy the law but to fulfil it. If someone else stops at the stop sign, you still have to stop too.
Running one yellow light is no reason to run every red light from now on. We are not perfect, and only Yeshua was. But we do what we can, in loving memory of those who fell asleep in Yeshua before they knew, and we stand in the gap for those who lost the light.
“We cannot change what we believe to appease society.” Examine yourself daily. Guard your ear gates and eye gates, and watch the gifts and the voices you let in. Brushing your teeth once doesn't do it for life, so keep washing in the Word.
Trials do not always mean the Most High is upset with you. Joseph went from the pit to the palace, and the strength to keep the palace is forged in the pit. Go before the throne and put Yehovah in remembrance of His Word. Endure hardship as a good soldier, and keep using your gift right where you are.
When we have light, let us walk in the light.
Memorable lines
Scriptures in the message
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” KJV
“And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” KJV
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” KJV
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” KJV
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” KJV
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” KJV
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” KJV
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” KJV
Interactive Bible study
This plan prepares you for the week ahead, Sunday through the next Sabbath. Read, reflect, pray and check off each day. Your answers save on this phone or computer as you type. No account is needed.
Read
Luke 9:57–62 · Philippians 3:13–14
“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:62 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Ask Yehovah to fix your eyes forward on Yeshua and to release you from looking back.
Read
Genesis 24:1–27 · Proverbs 3:5–6
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”
Genesis 24:27 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Pray the servant's prayer: “Send me good speed this day.” Then thank Yehovah ahead of time for leading you “in the way.”
Read
1 Kings 1:11–31 · Esther 4:13–5:3 · Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Go into your prayer closet and have an audience with the King. Bring His Word, and say plainly what is on your heart.
Read
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Ask the Ruach HaKodesh to open your understanding and to make you a workman who rightly divides the word of truth.
Read
John 14:15–21 · Matthew 5:17–19 · 1 John 1:5–7
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
John 14:15 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Thank Yehovah for the light He has given. Pray for loved ones who have lost their way, and ask Him to keep you holding on to the truth.
Read
Genesis 37:23–28 · Genesis 41:38–43 · Genesis 50:20 · 2 Timothy 2:3
“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
Genesis 50:20 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
As Sabbath begins at sunset, pray for endurance as a good soldier. Ask Him to keep you from giving up when you're close to the victory.
Read
Malachi 3:16–18 · Genesis 23:17–20 · Revelation 17:14
“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.”
Malachi 3:16 · KJV
Reflect
Prayer focus
Rest, worship, and thank Yehovah that “they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.” Let us keep praying for Mama Emma Jean's strength and healing.
Go in peace
“There have been years of prophesying. Now it’s time for realizing.”
From Brother Samuel Gaines Jr.'s closing prayer
“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
Revelation 17:14 · KJV
Family, you are so close to your victory. Keep your hand on the plough. Keep using your gift. Keep holding on to the truth. Let us keep praying for Mama Emma Jean's strength and healing. Shabbat Shalom.
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