Hi Friends - As we in America celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, I want to break briefly from our focus on the "Shake it Up" Prayer Event to offer a prayer of Thanksgiving to our Lord Jesus Christ, the giver of life! Throughout the Gospels we read about Jesus giving thanks to the Father. In the letters …
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Examining the Season
Shalom chavarim! (Hello friends...and peace!) We’re talking about knowing the season in which we live. Luke the apostle quoted Jesus in Luke 12:54-56: And He was also saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out. And when you see a south wind …
Jesus: The Fulfillment of Every Jewish Feast!
Rejoice, dear friends, rejoice! Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, fulfills the meaning of every Jewish feast! While the Old Testament laid out the ceremonies the Jews were to celebrate, brilliant pictures of the Messiah were woven mysteriously into the fabric of those feasts. But God declared through the prophet Amos that He does nothing …
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Rosh HaShanah…or Feast of Trumpets?
Sundown today (September 24, 2014) marked the beginning of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, and Jews all over the world are celebrating the beginning of the year 5775. However, Rosh HaShanah (“the head of the year”) is purely a social holiday that doesn’t even celebrate the true beginning of the year! The Bible calls …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 