Success!
Sunday, 01 July 2018
Dear Mishpochah in Yeshua, Success! The Lord wants you to have a successful summer and to be a success—according to HIS definition! This morning, before beginning this month’s letter, I went to my once-a-week water aerobics class at our condominium pool. From time to time, the very secular, albeit excellent, instructor gives a mini-sermon during
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All About Servants
Friday, 01 June 2018
Dearly Beloved in Yeshua, All About Servants The Lord impressed upon our hearts this month to explore the concept of servanthood and servant leadership as seen in the Holy Scriptures. While the word “servant” may have a somewhat negative and undesirable image in our modern secular society, it is definitely positive and desirable from a
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Shavuot and the Ten Commandments
Tuesday, 01 May 2018
Holiday Blessings in Yeshua, Shavuot, The Feast of Weeks Fifty days after the Feast of Passover, we celebrate Shavuot (Sha-voo-OAT), the Feast of Weeks. It is another of the Lord’s moadim (moe-ah-DEEM), or appointed times, known also as Pentecost and Yom HaBikkurim, the Feast of Firstfruits (of the wheat harvest). “Count fifty days to the
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The Voice of the Lord
Sunday, 01 April 2018
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, one day before the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, one of the panelists on ABC’s The View mocked Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith.
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Deliverance!
Thursday, 01 March 2018
Shalom B’Shem Yeshua, Deliverance! As we contemplated the two Jewish holidays that occur this month, we saw that a common theme unites them: deliverance. The biblical initiator of deliverance is always God, and the object of deliverance, His People. This repeated action reveals a deep truth that runs from Genesis to Revelation: The God of
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God Loves…
Thursday, 01 February 2018
Dearly Beloved of God, God Loves… For more than forty years, we have answered our home phone with the words, “God loves you.” Sometimes people say, “I must have the wrong number.” Sometimes they respond, “That’s really nice.” Once in a while, they hang up. Of the three words in “God loves you,” the last
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Yeshua in the Old Covenant
Monday, 01 January 2018
Looking Unto Messiah in 2018 Multiplied Blessings in Yeshua, We have chosen, as our first verses of Scripture for the year 2018, Hebrews 12:1-2, “Therefore, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also get rid of every weight and entangling sin. Let us run with endurance the race
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Hanukkah 2017
Wednesday, 06 December 2017
Hanukkah God is Light. The entire Bible, from beginning to end, bears witness to this glorious truth. As the Apostle John (Yohanan) so beautifully expresses it, “…God is light and in Him is no darkness at all” (I John 1:5). The Hebrew word for light is ohr and is pronounced “or”. It is a primary
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Worship
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Dearly Beloved in Yeshua, Worship the King! Our focus this month is a topic dear to the heart of God, inseparable from our love for God, and an integral part of our walk with God: Worship. Many things will be worshipped during the month of December: family, friends, traditions, food, movies, parties, and gifts.
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Thanksgiving 2017
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Thanksgiving We want to look at the root of the concept of “thanksgiving” in Hebrew. As it turns out, “thanksgiving” and “hand” go “hand in hand.” Here’s how: The Hebrew root for thanksgiving is ya-DAH . You’ll notice that the word for hand, yad, is found at the beginning of the word for thanksgiving. From a Hebraic
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