B.E.S.T. Shabbat

Guard my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. (Psa 25:20) To listen to the audio-only version click below    We have been sharing about deliverance from the evil of this present darkness. Activation of certain ancient Hebrew word picture demonstrates the power of God over the forces of darkness. We have several options in this current time frame from doing nothing to proactively acting on our faith. Like the famous Queen Esther, we know that salvation will come to the people of God with or without us but who knows if we have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" (Est 4:14) If we have been born into a specific hour, then we can trust that we have been equipped for that same hour. There is nothing...

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, (Gal 1:15-16 ) Click here to listen to " Hope and Your Calling " The calling of God on our lives is from our mother’s womb. Therefore, no true Believer can ever sanction abortion because abortion is an act of violence against the call of God on that individual. We are set apart from our mother’s womb.   This is a distinction called holiness.   Holiness isn’t just about purity but also specificity.   To be holy is to have a specific intent or purpose.   Another word for this is hope.   Hope is our destiny, the specific intent that we were purposed for from our mother’s womb. Our calling is activated by grace.   Grace is a powerful word.   In Hebrew, the word is “Chen”, pronounced with a hard “h”. The li...

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling , consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house— whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end . (Heb 3:1-6) Click here to listen to " Our Destiny and Hope " Sons or daughters and servants have an entirely different destiny in the house of the Lord. In this verse, the writer of Hebrews contrasts 2 types of houses, the house of Moses and the House of Yeshua. Moses was appointed as the apostle o...