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...

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 ...