B.E.S.T. Shabbat

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. - Eph 4:29 NKJV To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   Communication is a vital part of all of our lives. Without it how do we interact with one another? Think about it…there are words, thoughts, pictures that are seen or heard for the most part. There is non verbal communication also however at its simplist form most communication is spoken and heard. Greek definition for communication is - logos Definition of communication - the imparting or exchanging of information or news. Tower of Babel - Echad Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake [them] thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had...

"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you." Philippians 4:8-9 As we press in to establish our heart in the storms of life, we touch heaven to change the earth. God’s will is more than a set of actions. God’s will is also very much about the spirit in which we live and move and have our being. "for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'" Acts 17:28 God doesn’t only inhabit us, He transforms us into spiritual beings that live in Him. Heaven comes to earth through our spirit man. Like Jerusalem, the city of God, we are bi-located. Our physical body exis...

"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...

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Php 4:6-7) Click here to listen to " Faith and Thanksgiving " Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at the inner conversation we have that orders our lives which is called faith.   We recognized that God speaks “light” and “order” to our chaos and disorder which is the ever-present background conversation. We saw that the “waters” of Genesis 1 are the same waters that became “living waters” when Yeshua who is the eternal Word made flesh, the conversation of God made flesh, spoke and was heard.   This is echoed in the cry of the ancient Hebrew prayer, the Sh’ma expressed in Deut 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! (Deu 6:4) When we listen with our heart, we open our eyes to the ...

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." (Mat 7:24-27) Click here to listen to " Open Ear Open Heart " Last session, we spoke about the foundation of our life house, spirit, soul, and body is our faith.   The statement “faith-based” or some other alluding to people who are Believers is really a misstatement. It isn’t like there is anything but people of faith as faith is the substance of our life story that determines what we expect to occur in our lives based on conc...