B.E.S.T. Shabbat

And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Mat 3:17) An open and transparent heart full of love and seeing things with God’s eyes and knowing them with God’s heart is at the center of our existence.  We all hunger and thirst to know people and life that way. Listen to The Unfiltered Heart - Knowing Who I Am There is in each of us a “God-hunger”.  We desperately need and want to have a life that is filled with His goodness.  This is expressed in 2 key areas, security and significance.  We all need to know that our lives are secure.  This is the first part of our salvation.  We are saved, rescued from being alone, lost and abandoned. We also have a strong need for significance. Yeshua began His ministry with an open heaven declaration of His significance. This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.  Until we truly know who we are and how treasured we are we will always be seeking ...

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. (1Jn 4:18). Our objective in our BEST Shabbat mornings is to be empowered to live lives of excellence in all areas of our lives.  To experience excellence, we want to possess our own vessels and allow God to perfect in us the design He has for us.  What I mean by “possess our own vessels” is to take ownership and responsibility or stewardship over the vessel that we have, to maximize the destiny or purpose God has for that vessel.  The vessel includes our bodies, our minds, our emotional self, and everything that the Bible sums up when it speaks of the heart. Listen to " Perfect Love " The single, most destructive factor in our being the BEST is fear.  I heard Zig Ziglar once say that fear is an acronym for f alse e vidence a ppearing r eal.  If we accept the perspective that fear is fueled by how we think and per...