The Upper Room Discourse 33

The Upper Room Discourse 33 Rabbi Michael Weiner

John 15:13-14 No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I couldn’t resist putting these two verses together. Yeshua’s profession of love for His friends, coupled with a serious definition of who His friends are. This…
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Why Pray? Martin Boardman

Conversation, Communication and Gaining the Father’s Heart What exactly is prayer, and how does it fit into the work which the Lord calls us to do? At its heart, prayer (tefillah) is not just a form of communication, but instead is its highest expression. It is a conversation  with our Heavenly Father in the Name…
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Matthew 6:25-34 part 2 of 2 – But Seek First … Rabbi Michael Weiner

Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. When a sentence starts with the word “but”, we must see why. The previous sentence describes what the pagans are seeking, food and clothing. As we said yesterday, these last 10 verses of Matthew…
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Listening to the Holy Spirit Juleon Akana

In Luke’s gospel, we read about Yeshua sending us what our Father promised, the Ruach HaKodesh. He exhorted the emissaries to wait in Yerushalayim until they were clothed with the Spirit’s power. In fact, it was to our advantage that He left, for if He did not go away, the Helper would not be sent…
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Happy is the One Who Weeds Benjamin Juster

A neighbor forwarded me a cartoon with the caption, “Happiness is pulling a weed out by its root.” She followed it with, “Now I know why you are always smiling.” Apparently on many early mornings, she noticed me trekking throughout the yard tugging up weeds, piling them up to be disposed of later. There is…
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