Continued from Part 2… Now that Jesus showed the spiritual value of “godly mourning”, He continues on in verse 5 to speak about the meek… Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. One of the biggest mistakes people make is to incorrectly define “meekness”, as “weakness.” This is possibly because, in the original King James translation of […]
THE “BE” ATTITUDES Matthew 5:1-12 Part Two
Continued from Part 1… After choosing the need to be poor in spirit as the first of the attitudes that a true child of God should have, Jesus went on to say: Blessed are those who mourn. (verse 4) This seems like an odd thing for Jesus to say. Are those that mourn really happy? According to Jesus, godly mourning […]
THE “BE” ATTITUDES Matthew 5:1-12 Part One
Some 400 years before the Messiah’s first coming, Malachi was the last prophet to be sent to the nation of Israel. A great deal of history unfolded during those 400 years, but God did not send a prophetic voice. This means that the people of Israel, beyond being under the domination of the Roman Empire, were left with nothing more […]
DOING THE WORKS OF JESUS
A few days ago I read an article sent out by World Challenge. It was written by Gary Wilkerson, son of the late David Wilkerson. What I read impacted me enough personally that I decided to transcribe it and share with others. I pray many will also be blessed and touched by the article below. ******************* I was in Jordan […]
WISE AS SERPENTS, HARMLESS AS DOVES
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” Matthew 10:16 True believers and followers of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, have been given the power through God’s Spirit to deal with any situation that presents itself in our earthly life as we await His second coming. Of this […]
URGENT PRAYER NEED…MIDEAST UPDATE 12/30/2017
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 I received an urgent email from Jerusalem this morning and a few minutes later received a phone call from Pastor R in southern Syria. The email from Jerusalem contained some photos showing the reasons […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 12/24/2017
As I write what is likely to be the last Mideast Update of 2017, I can’t help but think of how God is fulfilling the promises of His Word. In Acts 2:17 we see a repeat of what the prophet Joel was told in the Old Testament concerning the last days: “And it shall come to pass in the last […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 10/19/2017…The Amazing Grace of GOD!
One of the benefits true believers in Jesus Christ have that no one else in the world has is a knowing that God has all things under His control. There is, of course, no lack of those who in their ignorance make accusations against God to the contrary, but in the end, every knee will bow, willingly or unwillingly, before […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 10/2/2017
As I write today’s update, I am once again reminded of the sovereignty of God. We as humans struggle, stress, and agonize, often about things over which we have no control, yet as true followers of Yeshua / Jesus we have direct access to the One who does. It is our sovereign Lord we must trust in all things and […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 9/11/2017
As the Middle East continues to change, the work of the House of Blessing missionaries continues. Over the last handful of years, this work has spread from one mideast nation to another. The enemy of our souls was on the attack from the very beginning of this project as Pastor R was directed by the Lord to begin ministering over […]