B.E.S.T. Shabbat

“Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” (Mark 4:18-19) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   Communication is the heart of a covenant marriage. The parable of the sower speaks to us about the different ways in which we listen. The first heart condition is what allows Satan to snatch away the seed, the communication, through offense. The second heart condition is the shallow nature of the cultural concepts of what true relationships are about. The superficial joy vanishes when we realize that love is sometimes tough and requires sacrifice. The third condition of heart is the entangled heart. This is heart that is surrounded with a protection of thorns. Thorns are a protection nature uses to defend the flowers or the fruit. Those of us who live or ...

Breakthrough Equipping Spiritual Training, B.E.S.T. Week 11: The Eyes of Our Heart 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. (Acts 2:17-18 NIV) One of the keys to Breakthrough is focus.  A light bulb and a laser, both emit light.  One is diffused and one is coherent.  With coherent or focused light, things can happen that cannot happen with diffused light. Listen to The Eyes of Our Heart It is also important to recognize the hour we live in and what is possible that wasn’t possible in an earlier time.  For example, today an individual can go to a web site and arrange an illicit rendezvous.  I know people who have destroyed their families with the click of a mouse.  Contrast that with just 200 years ago.  2...