B.E.S.T. Shabbat

““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, ...

"So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.""   Act 1:6-8 (NASB) Click here to listen to " Battleground Earth 3: Justice and Manifest Authority " We are living in unprecedented times of great peril. Tremendous waves of evil are loose in the earth. John 10:10 foretold of this conflict: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Joh 10:10 NASB) Our chapter verse tells us that we are on a timeline that God alone knows the meaning of. We tend to think of God’s timeline as a fixed p...

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude , by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; (Hebrews 12:28) Click here to listen to " Gratitude and Unshakable Faith " We have been sharing about faith, the inner conversation of our heart that determines our lives. This conversation is often called thinking.   For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. (Pro 23:7) In Hebrew, the word translated as “thinking” in our heart that determines our being, or our isness, how we define ourselves and our lives, is “sha-ar”.   The word picture definition is of opening a gate. The idea is that there are gates or boundaries to our hearts and our thoughts. These are in place by definitions. As we “define” reality we enclose it in those gates, those thoughts. This is where we get the concept of “opening our mind”.   Jim Richard...