B.E.S.T. Shabbat

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; (Heb 12:28 NASB) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   The process of giving thanks, gratitude is a recognition and activation in the heart which brings us into a oneness with the Source of our gratitude. Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. (Col 2:6-7 NASB) Gratitude is the natural expression of salvation. It demonstrates the reality of our salvation. We see this played out in the story of the salvation of the sinner woman. Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. And there was a woman in the city who was a...

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 ...