John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full. Let’s try this again. Last time, we dealt with this same verse, but naturally, there was much left unsaid. Joy is a huge subject in the Bible, mentioned 165 times. It is…
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John 15:7-8 If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples. The translators didn’t do us much of a favor here. In English we…
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The goal of all counseling, whether biblical or secular, is to help the counselee change themselves in such a way that their lives improve. Counseling does not directly change anyone or anything other than the counselee and within the context of their own lives. It does not try to change the person’s spouse, their children…
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Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. As I said last time, the rabbis want to make this all about Israel (the Jewish people). They believe it is the Jewish…
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The Tenth Commandment – Do Not Covet Exodus 20:13(17) Lo Tach’mod, bayt Rayecha; Lo-Tach’mod Ayshet Rayecha, V’Av’do Va’amato V’Shoro VaChamoro, V’Kol, Asher L’rayecha. Exodus 20:17 Do not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s. Each of the last 5 Commandments starts…
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The Jewish cultural expression of most of our Tikkun America congregations is Ashkenaz in expression – that is, culture derived from Jews who lived in the region along the Rhine that is now Germany. Nevertheless, God has blessed many of our congregations with a goodly number of Hispanic members, some of whom have recently discovered…
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