Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse." - Proverbs 28:27

GospelHouseMusic.com is cheerfully committed to donate a minimum 10% of our income to help the poor. This is for the purpose of tikkun olam, or the “repair of the world.” This is for “charity,” (tzedakah in Hebrew) however, not in the sense of mere money, but reflects an attitude to effect righteousness within the world. Helping others is the just, and the right thing to do -- and the obligation of tzedakah rests on everyone, rich and poor alike. Freely we were given Salvation through Jesus (Yeshua) and freely we are to give to others.

The Hebrew blessing itself is quite simple:
"Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us about giving Tzedakah."

The Torah (5 Books of Moses) speaks about giving charity in Deut. 15:7 ("If there will be a poor man among you... you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand toward your poor brother; you shall open your hand to him and shall give him enough for his needs") and Lev. 25:35 ("If your brother becomes poor... you shall support him, stranger or settler, and he shall live with you").

Maimonides lists the eight levels of charity in descending order:
a) Giving a poor person work so he will not have to depend on charity
b) Giving charity anonymously to an unknown recipient
c) Giving it anonymously to a known recipient
d) Giving it to an unknown recipient
e) Giving it before being asked
f) Giving adequately after being asked
g) Giving willingly, but inadequately
h) Giving unwillingly

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Deuteronomy 24:19-21 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy
field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to
fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine
hands. When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for
the widow. When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt
not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

According to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, that who soever may come and believes in Him Yeshua (Jesus) was sent to us as an example of how to live and he himself was a perfect man doing no transgression of Torah (Teachings of Moses) and through His giving of His life as a sacrifice for willful sin, He died and was resurrected because death could not hold Him since He had liven a sinless life, He was raised to life and ascended to the heavenly temple to make atonement once and for all for us by grace to have enternal life, through by faith the Ha Mochiach (The Messiah) we are grafted into the family believing remnant who is called Israel by name and we are the bride of Christ for when He returns to live on earth for Eternity. This is to bring obedience of faith - to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Chronicles 29:11-12 (“Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power,
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the
heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and
thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from
thee, and thou rulest over all. In thy hand are power and might; and in
thy hand it is to make great and to give strength to all”)

Daniel 2:20-21, 37: "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever. to whom
belong wisdom and might. [21] He changes times and seasons; he removes
kings and sets up kings;he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to
those who have understanding… 37 You, O king, the king of kings, to
whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might,
and the glory”

Ministry links to check out. Notice (Messianic - Hebrew Roots)
http://lionlamb.net (Monte Judah my favorite teacher for sometime)
http://bethimmanuel.org ( The congregation I attend mainly)
http://ffoz.org (D. Thomas Landcaster does some great teaching for this organization)
http://www.tktorahkeepers.com (Glenn McWilliams is my #2 favorite teacher right now, look for Torah Keepers room on Paltalk)

The Basement Boys catalog is being added to GHM as of 5/15/09! A few classics were added today, Praisin' His Name, Got Me Goin', and Gotta Keep Tryin'. The rest of the 60+ releases from their catalog will appear in the next few days. The Basement Boys are one of the biggest Gospel House labels in the world. We welcome, love, and thank you Teddy Douglas and DJ Spen!

GospelHouseMusic.com has released its new fully featured e-commerce music shopping system. It has all the functionality of the major players in the industry including a built in audio player, shopping cart, MP3 singles, Mixed MP3s, and Mixed CDs, community forums, podcasts, internet radio, DJ picks and more. This kicks it up a few notches for GHM. This is a sophisticated site that allows you to search by track title in the nav bar, or drill down and choose artist or label in the left menu,  or just browse the top tracks or look through the essentials or DJ lists. There are also alot of new genres of music from Deep House to traditional Christian/Gospel. You can find some major name artists and labels as well many hard to find independents which makes the site even more valuable and unique. The site is very dynamic, by simply clicking around you discover many features that make it a more enjoyable and pleasent experience to buy your music. This delightful new site will continue to enable our listeners to find this very hard to find niche music. GHM is committed to staying on top of their game.