Renewing Passion

Renewing Passion Ben Juster

Passion is one of the most important keys to a healthy growth in the Lord and as a disciple of the Kingdom. It is essential for both leadership and ministry. Passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Enthusiasm is intense or eager enjoyment, interest, or approval  of a pursuit. Unrestrained passion without purpose…
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Hope That Doesn’t Disappoint Benjamin Juster

How many optimists do we have here? When you have a bad day, do you typically feel like things will turn around to get  better? Or do you tend to fall into a state of despair and hopelessness? I’ve had some very, very bad days. Even though I consider myself an optimist, there are some…
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Course Corrections Benjamin Juster

In my 20s, I earned my private pilot license for small, single engine airplanes. There is not much that I’ve experienced in life  that compares to the freedom of lifting off from a long stretch of runway, climbing above the tree lined horizon, and  into the expansive sky. The landscape shifts and perspective changes. Mountains,…
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Hinenei – Active Availability Benjamin Juster

We are entering the month Elul, the month preceding the High Holidays of Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and Sukkot (Festival of Booths). It is a month of preparation and introspection, and an annual  opportunity to intentionally increase one’s focus to nurture intimacy with Adonai. In Jewish tradition, the letters…
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Be a Prism Benjamin Juster

As we conclude the season of light and clean up from all of the festive community celebrations, family gatherings, and  joyful songs, I consider how important it is that we continue to evaluate our effectiveness of reflecting the light of God to the world. Of course, Yeshua proclaimed, “I am the light of the world.…
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Hineni Benjamin Juster

This month, the RESTORE Magazine features articles from the speakers from the Tikkun America RESTORE Conferences. The theme of this year’s conference is “Hineni,” meaning “Here I Am.” Articles in this issue will introduce or expand upon  the concepts from the keynote presentations at the conference. In the Torah, there are eight times that this…
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Worthship – Honoring the One Who is Worthy Ben Juster

It is an all too common experience. You prepare a fragrant, steaming cup of coffee or tea, sit down with your Bible and journal laid out beside you, and turn on some soft worship music in the background. You woke up early just so that you could make sure you didn’t get distracted today and…
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Concerning Frogs and Butterflies Benjamin Juster

“Bullfrogs and butterflies, we’ve both been born again,” or so the catchy song from my early  childhood proclaimed. The main idea of the song was that both bullfrogs and butterflies  experience such a radical transformation in their anatomy and appearance, that it is as if they  were born again as completely new creatures. Consider what…
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Emerging Now! Benjamin Juster

When looking at the current landscape of the Messianic Movement in the U.S., it is sad to see that so many from my generation have either abandoned the movement or even fallen away from their relationship with the Lord  altogether. Even so, there are several high quality leaders in their 40’s and 50’s who are…
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A Prophet as a Prophet Benjamin Juster

My mind started to shut down, and my eyes glazed over as if a thick fog had settled over me. The person on the stage  was speaking, but I wasn’t engaged any more to receive what the person was saying. I know the reason why. I had pre-judged this person as too melodramatic and self-important…
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