B.E.S.T. Shabbat

For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. (Rom 8:24-25) Click here to listen to " Love Hopes All Things " Love hopes.  Hope is probably one of the most fundamental gifts of the heart of God to man and the most misunderstood and casually dismissed as inferior to faith and the working of miracles.  I have heard hope defined as premature faith, kind of pilot light in the arsenal of God’s spiritual weapons. And yet, in the context of love, hope is treated as a deeper reality than faith.   There is something fundamental to the life of the Spirit that is accessed by hope. What is hope?  The culture teaches that hope is something like a wish or a wistful wondering.  This is revealed by statements such as, “I hope it happens.”  Biblical hope, however, is based on certainty rather than a wish.  ...

So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. (Hebrews 13:6-9 NIV) We have been sharing about our self-worth or our value as a statement of our destiny.  How we see ourselves affects what we believe for.  The Apostle Paul called this inner sight, the “eyes” of our heart. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, th...