B.E.S.T. Shabbat

“For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed," Says the LORD, who has mercy on you.” (Isaiah 54:10, NKJV) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   There are some things that are beyond time and space. The hills and mountains are the most stable things in our planet. Yet the Lord tells us that beyond that is the permanence of the kindness of the Lord, the “chesed” of the Lord. Let’s dive a little deeper into the mystery of “chesed”. First the Hebrew letters, chet, samech, dalet. Samech dalettogether mean the word “secret” or “counsel”. “For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel, “sod” is with the upright.” (Proverbs 3:32, NKJV) As we have learned from the word for grace, “chen”, the chetcharacter means to encircle with a fence to protect what is inside. Tying this all together we see that the Lord is t...

“Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.” (Exodus 6:6-7) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   The Spring feasts of the Lord begin the cycle of the Lord’s covenant love affair with His people. These times, mo-edim, are divine appointments that celebrate the chesed, or the loving-kindness of the Lord for His people. The symbolic act of celebration is the drinking of wine which represents the joy of love. “Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.” (Ecclesiastes 9:7) Wine is used in a celebration of a victory...

Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. [14] But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him. After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.” Matthew 3:11-17 (NASB) We have been sharing about how God made us with a need to be fulfilled in our self-worth.  Yeshua when He was ready to begin His ministry came to John to be prepared, which He called “fulfilling righteousness.  Righteousness means the way things are supposed to be.  First we saw that God declared the worth of Yeshua as the Beloved ...

Last few weeks we have been looking at Divine Alignment with respect to the issue of how we perceive our self-worth.   The reason that this is so important is that human beings are created with a self-worth hunger, a vacuum in our souls that needs to be filled. Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. (3 John 1:2 NASB) We have been sharing about the connection between self-worth and walking in our destiny as recreated children of God.   We see from 3John 1:2 that we prosper and are in health as our soul prospers.   Our soul was created for Shalom or Peace.   It is no accident that the word for sickness, dis-ease is a picture of a loss of ease or Shalom. Sickness is the opposite of prosperity of soul.   Listen to  Self Worth. The New Man, Part 3 Financially or in a more holistic sense , being productive and fulfilled , in that productivity of expressing the unique gifts an...