B.E.S.T. Shabbat

So, Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."(Joh 8:31-32) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   Deliverance and discipleship are one and the same. We are delivered from slavery to the world and its mind control dehumanizing system and into our identity and destiny in the Lord, as His disciples. No to different from fictional accounts of mental and physical programming, the world uses techniques to do the same to our souls. Thoughts or as the scripture names them strongholds define our reality. These are fortresses of thought that the world and Satan has imparted into the fabric of our hearts that can bring us into a bondage in those respective areas. Paul describes this process like this: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfar...

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."” (John 8:32) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   Emet is the Hebrew word for truth. Yeshua tells us that we shall “know” the truth and that knowing shall make us free. The opposite of knowing the truth is believing in lies. This chapter I want to begin a deeper dive into the word for “knowing” the truth. The word translated as “know” is the Hebrew word yada. It is composed of three letters. The first is the yod, which is the picture of a hand. Hands are called yadaim, which is the Hebrew word construct that speaks of a pair. The yod is the ancient Hebrew word picture of an arm with an extended hand. This will make sense as we complete the picture. The next character is the dalet, which is the word picture of a door. Finally, the root completes with the ayin, the word picture of an eye which means a shift in perspective. The composite picture is a hand opening a ...

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."” (John 8:32) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Giving Opportunity Message   Last chapter we looked at the liberation that comes from the “chesed” of God, His secret counsel that protects and delivers us strategically into a kingdom of abundance. Chesed is often defined as “mercy” or “lovingkindness”. This is the outer court reality of chesed, by which we mean that when we look at the impact of chesed, we see the operation of mercy or the expression of the loving-kindness of God. When we look deeper, to the inner court reality of chesed, we see that the word as defined by three main ancient Hebrew letters or characters, “chet”, “samech”, and “dalet” give us the composite definition that chesed is the secret counsel of the Lord that He encircles and protects revealing His covenant love. Psalm 85:10 tells us: “Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.” (Psalms 8...

"Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. So, truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore, His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak." Isa 59:14-17 (NKJV)   We live in times when standing for what is right and truthful and built on the foundation stone of the goodness of God is seen as anachronistic and bigoted. There is a war for the hearts and minds of God’s children. Our thoughts spring out of the meditations of our hearts. What we dwell upon becomes the fuel for our lives. If our meditations can be corrupted, then...

"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 This scripture is a foundation stone for successful meditation that empowers us to run the race of our calling in Messiah. The Truth- There is no peace in lies Honor- Restore the “wow” factor to your thinking Straight or Right- Discipline the mind to avoid distractions Pure thoughts- Avoid the corruption of lust Lovely - True beauty inner and outer Good Reputation- To be desired above riches Excellence- The enemy of good enough Praise Worthiness- Is God revealed and extolled in my life? These focus points are where the heart resonates with the Holy Spirit and enters into true peace. Medit...

""But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."   Joh 16:13 (NASB) Click here to listen to  " Holiness and Faith " In the times that we live in, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discern what is true  and what is not true.  The voices of fear, doubt, and confusion scream loudly across the airwaves, and  people rush about in a panic trying to control what  the y  feel as a result. Yeshua prophesied that this time would come.  Let’s look at Matthew  24, beginning at verse 4  through 14. "And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.  "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many . "You will be hearing of  wars and rumors of war s. See that you are not frightened, for those things must...

Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; (1 Corinthians 13:6) Click here to listen to " Love and Rejoicing " Rejoice! A word of great encouragement. In the word is the emotion of joy. In Hebrew, the word root is samach. It is used throughout the scriptures as the word joy, the word gladness, and the word for rejoicing.  It is the emotion of the heart. The heart expresses joy as its native emotion. Let’s think for a bit what happens when we are joyful, rejoicing.  Think of a time when you felt the exhilaration of joy of rejoicing.  You weren’t just happy but thrilled in your heart by an experience or a relationship .  Joy isn’t the calm feeling of accomplishment but an exuberant emotion.  It exists when there is an agreement in the heart about something that is happening or has happened.  When a hope in the heart meets with the manifestation of that hope, joy is the outcome. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when...