B.E.S.T. Shabbat

“Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” (Exo 33:18) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message Give Now!   Last week I had the privilege of watching the movie: Jesus Revolution , which I wholeheartedly recommend, if you haven’t yet had the chance to view it. I was deeply touched and reminded of the power of my own testimony of searching for truth and being found by Yeshua! Lisa and I had for years pursued truth in all the wrong, empty places. We had climbed mountains to find truth, walked on fire coals to find truth, meditated, rebirthed in water, eaten vegetarian, chanted and followed gurus to find truth. It reminds me of drilling for oil in the sand where there is no oil.  As I watched the movie and saw these hippies take their drugs or hang out together it reminded me of the hunger in every heart to find the truth that remains. Moses was also a seeker and even with His God-encounters, he hun...

“Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,” (Heb 10:19) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message Give Now! Covenant is ratified more made through the blood. Living in the covenant, we come into oneness with our Lord and savior, Yeshua. “that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.” (Joh 17:21) How do we come into that oneness? It is through the blood. What is blood and how does it bring us into oneness? First let’s lay the framework for what the blood is beginning with the Hebrew letters. Blood is a simple word with just two letters which convey a powerful reality. In Hebrew blood is “dam”. Dam consists of the dalet and the mem. Dalet is the word picture of a door which tells us right away that blood is a gateway. The “mem” is the character for water and is used to represent chaos...

“And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.” (Luke 22:20) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message Give Now! Covenant is the heart of our salvation. We are saved not because of legalism or because of any conditions on our part, that would be works salvation. Instead, we are saved based on God’s word. God is both the author, the giver of the Word and the guarantee based on His Word, the completer of our salvation. This has always been the case. Terms like “old covenant” or obsolete covenant make it seem like there was an inferior covenant that was superseded by a superior covenant. This may seem logical based on church theology, but it is inherently flawed thinking. God’s covenants have never been based on our performance. This would reduce God to human standards of contract. It is this lack of comprehension that has generated all kinds of religious...

The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. (Psa 25:14) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message Last session, we spoke about waiting on Lord, about His set times, seasons and the power that comes from that place of trust. This session, I want to look at the reason for that trust, His covenant. Covenant is the heart of our salvation. We are saved not because of legalism or because of any conditions on our part, that would works salvation. Instead, we are saved on the basis of God’s word. God is both the author, the giver of the Word and the guarantee based on His Word, the completer of our salvation. fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb 12:2) Notice that He is both the author and the perfecter of faith. What does that mean? The author is the one ...

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. (Isa 40:31) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message     As we come into a new year and a new season in our lives, we naturally present our heart’s desires to the Lord. Much of what we want to see is truly God’s will for our lives and as His children, we seek His face and His blessing. Often God responds with a resounding “yes” and we think it should just fall into place. Yet there is also the issue of timing. If we look at Biblical examples, we see this played out again and again. There is a set time for the manifestation of the promise of God. Take, for example the promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son. After many unfruitful years, in the time described as beyond hope, God appears to Abraham and declares: But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, who...

““For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”” (Mat 8:9) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message     One of the most important capabilities that empowers deliverance from the kingdom of this world into the Kingdom of God is the issue of authority. In fact, it could be said that deliverance is just a shift in authority. Think of this world’s system as a prison with its warden, the devil and its guards, principalities and powers described as “rulers” of wickedness. Paul spoke it this way: “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, ...