There is no doubt that the heavens are astir. We can feel the changes in the air but we still see as through a glass darkly. The seasons come and go and superficially, it seems as if it’s business as usual but there is an increasing measure of the intensity of the warfare in the…
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John 14:6 Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Rabbi Trail: When I was a new believer, I was part of a congregation that had two services every week, one on Friday night that was Messianic, and one on Sunday…
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John 14:1 Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. These are words of consolation from Yeshua, and they continue well into the 15th chapter of John. Judaism has seven weeks of consolation following Tisha B’Av. Tisha B’Av (the 9th of the Hebrew month Av) is recognized as the…
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There’s a difference between things that are buried versus things that are hidden. When it comes to spiritual things (i.e. spiritual gifts, seasons of life, destiny and calling, etc.), I think it is important to understand the difference between that which are buried versus those things which are hidden, because our response would likely shift…
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Peter is the most colorful of the disciples. Right in the middle of the Upper Room Discourse, Yeshua prophesies over Peter saying … John 13:38 Yeshua answers, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Amen, amen I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times!” Peter had just finished saying…
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There is never pain without purpose. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (Romans 8:28-29). God never allows anyone to undergo suffering without a purpose. There is always a reason for the season, whether we …
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Mark 14:22-24 And while they were eating, He took matzah; and after He offered the bracha, He broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is My body.” And He took a cup; and after giving thanks, He gave to them and they all drank from it. And He said to them,…
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Would it stretch your imagination if I said Yeshua turned the world upside down? Consider this: Luke 22:26 But with you, it is not so. Rather, let the one who is greatest among you become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. What was that? Let “the one who…
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The “Upper Room Discourse” is the title used to describe a series of stories and teachings shortly before the Passover of Yeshua’s crucifixion. It records the events during a time of extreme urgency. Yeshua had much left to say to His disciples, but only a short time in which to say it. One Chronological Bible…
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It was the end of October 1967 and I was in a time of great skepticism as I worked hard on courses in my junior year at Wheaton College. A chapel forum included the Pastor of a near-by church who claimed that the people of his church had received the supernatural gifts of the Spirit…
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