Be of Good Cheer for Jesus has Overcome the World!

We search for value in all kinds of things, yet in pursuing those things, we see the world absolutely destroy relationships and personal lives. Praise God, Jesus has overcome the world and the things of it! Be encouraged! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8XhKpNnPyA

More from Pastor Israel Pochtar

A trip to Israel is invaluable for so many reasons, but when visitors experience Israel in deep and meaningful ways, they are changed forever. One of the life-changing experiences our tour group had was connecting with Messianic Jewish, Arab and Palestinian pastors who are doing absolutely incredible work in Israel and throughout the Middle East. …

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Reflections from Our Israel Tour: Arab and Jewish Brothers Together in Ministry

Contrary to popular belief, Jews and Arabs coexist peacefully in many settings in Israel. Those on our recently-completed Israel tour witnessed that firsthand in several ways, but never more impacting than a stop we made in Nazareth. Known Biblically as Jesus' boyhood home, Nazareth is predominately Arab today. There, we stopped to visit Pastor Saleem …

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Israel Celebrates Purim

For Jews in Israel and around the world, the celebration of Purim is a joyous occasion in which they celebrate God's dramatic intervention to protect the Jewish people from the attempt by a Persian tyrant to eliminate them. Hamentashen The account is recorded in Biblical history in the book of Esther and the annual celebration, …

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