B.E.S.T. Shabbat

""If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." Luk 14:26 In these troubled times, there is a battle for control of our hearts. Our hearts determine how we live our lives. They establish our boundaries, our expectations and what we will do and say. ""But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders." Mat 15:18-19 The place of defilement is the conversation and corresponding actions that proceed from the conversation of our heart. The heart speaks and we become defiled. The defilement comes from evil thoughts which lead to murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness and slander. This is the true battleground in our lives, our own hearts. The conversation of the hear...

"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. "For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.""   Mar 4:23-25 Last chapter, we spoke about establishing our hearts in troubled times.  Yeshua instructed us not to allow our hearts to be troubled. "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. "  Joh 14:27 Yeshua has left us with His peace. He tells us it is not given the same way the world gives its peace. What is worldly peace based upon? IT is based on agreements. We call them peace agreements or peace accords. Worldly peace is peace in the externals. When you make this kind of peace you define the peace with agreed-upon rules and e...

"Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who greatly delights in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house,  and  his righteousness endures forever. Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous. It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not fear evil tidings; His  heart is steadfast , trusting in the LORD. His heart is upheld, he will not fear,  until  he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries."   Psa  112:1-8 (NASB) Click here to listen to " The Steadfast Heart " As  evil tidings run amok in our world, there is a response that the Lord makes available to us which is  called the steadfast or established heart .  Yeshua spoke of th...

Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (2Co 1:21-22) Click here to listen to Message " The Established Heart " Giving opportunity - Please listen and give according to your willingness of heart. Feel free to use the "DONATE" button Last week we spoke about first love, the quality of the ‘wow factor’ about God and about our relationships. We looked at the place of honor, and seeing with the eyes of the “new”. This is the process of renewal or revival of our heart in the love of the Lord and the love of others in our lives. It is the process of continually being fresh and alive in our love, and not allowing “knowledge” to bring about the slow process of accommodation and death. This week, I want to press in for the other side of the same coin: the steadfast or established heart. What does it mean to be ‘established’ in something? Our openi...