John 16:7b-8 For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment. Yeshua is continuing to explain what will happen after His crucifixion. He tells us that it…
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John 15:26-27 When the Helper comes – whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – He will testify about Me. And you also testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning. Today we finish John, chapter 15. In our journey so…
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John 14:23-24 Yeshua answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words. And the word you hear is not Mine, but the…
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Why are we here? God’s ultimate purpose for us living in these physical bodies on planet earth is to become love. In becoming love, we represent the fullness of the Messiah as we relate to others and show His glory to a fallen world. The governing purpose of God is about His Son and securing…
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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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Ani Mitkaven! Do you remember what this translated Hebrew phrase means? It means, “I really mean it!” Today I want to write about what a useless phrase this really is. The context concerns the gap between what we say and what we do. It is a gap that should not exist. If we have to…
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Matthew 5:34a But I tell you, do not swear at all. Yeshua is covering a lot of ground in this part of His “Big Sermon.” There is a definite call to holiness. For example … Matthew 5:29 And if your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away! It is…
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A loss of taste has been reported by many as one of the strange side effects of the COVID-19 virus. A friend of mine related the story of how his daughter experienced an even more horrific effect—a long-covid condition called parosmia caused all food to taste like rancid garbage, so much so that she wanted…
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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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