B.E.S.T. Shabbat

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil . For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places.] Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. - Eph 6:10-13 NASB Click here to listen to " Seeing Can Be Deceiving " You’d have to be blind in a cave with your head in the sand to not recognize the evil that is manifesting in our world today. Injustice and lawlessness is running rampant and is impacting everyone. How many of you feel very strong emotions of shame, guilt, fear, anger?...the list goes on. With coronavirus and now this presents a sense of hopelessness, loneliness, and the like. One can and does ...

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. (Jas 1:23-24) Click here to listen to " Who am I?- Healing the image in our soul " We have been, over the past few weeks, looking at the inner conversation that frames our world, what the Bible calls faith. Every person lives by the inner conversation of their heart. The conversation of our heart will come from one of 2 sources, summarized by the names of 2 trees in the garden of Eden. One is known by the name: The Knowledge of Good and Evil. The other tree is known by the name: Life! We know from the account recorded in Genesis 3 that Adam and Eve, our ancestors were forbidden from partaking of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. We also know that they were deceived by the serpent in violating that instruction of their loving Father wi...

"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. "Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. "If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays." (Luke 11:34-36) Click here to listen to " Learning to See In the Dark " Last week we spoke about offenses which have the effect of anchoring us to the kingdom of suffering operated by the prince of darkness. We realized that only by forgiveness, releasing the attachment to the pain and the lies of the enemy, can we be free to walk on the storms of our lives. We have the privilege, as sons and daughters, to choose life or to choose sin leading to death. We are free in Yeshua but we have the choice to agree with that freedom or remain in the bondage of offense. The key is all in our perspective. Our p...

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6) The anointing of God is the power of God to manifest the will of God.  This is what Scripture calls the “Christ”.  Yeshua is the Christ, the anointed one.  He operates with the mind of God and thus reveals the will of God.  God’s thoughts and will are the same.  He is One. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! (Deut 6:4) The declaration of the Sh’ma is the revelation of oneness but also the recognition that oneness and Lordship come through the way we listen. Listen to " Derech, The Way " If we return to our parable of the sower and the seed, we see that the heart conditions that produce various outcomes are ALL linked to listening. "Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. (Mar 4:3). Why does Yeshua begin with a command: “listen”?  There is a connection between how we listen and what we believe.  Trust is the ...