Polishing Your Neighbour’s Shoes

Polishing Your Neighbour’s Shoes Mark Rantz

In our culture today, humility is a word which is often not spoken, or a characteristic rarely seen. Where Ya’akov (James)  4:10 exhorts, “Humble [ourselves] in the sight of Adonai, and He shall lift you up,” (TLV), the world generally responds with  silence. Within the still world and even many churches, humility is a posture…
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Hopelessness and the Father Wound Mark Rantz

It was like any muggy Sunday afternoon in late August in north-central Florida. If you have ever been here, you’ll know that this time of year can be sweltering and physically draining. It was 2016 and we had just moved to Ocala, FL to serve in a local Messianic congregation. Our new apartment had a…
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When Storms Come Mark Rantz

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks in wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all…
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Times of Need Mark Rantz

Times of Need! If a phrase could sum up our human experience over the past few years, this very well might be it. From the ravages of COVID to unrest in the streets and the recent horrors in Afghanistan – our days as “times of need” may be an accurate assessment of life today, ……
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The King is in the Field Mark Rantz

Defining moments! We all have them, and for those of us who know Yeshua, these seasons in our lives can become  times and seasons of fulfillment, where God sets for us a spiritual trajectory over our hearts and finds our calling in His  loving embrace. These foundational moments are holy seasons of visitation where God…
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