A Daughter of Peace serves the King of Peace by TAMING her tongue. Ya’akov (James) calls this one ‘perfect’. Ya’akov also declares that one who does NOT tame her tongue is 1) self-deceived and 2) her religion is worthless. James 1:26 – If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives […]
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The Evidences of KINGDOM FRIENDSHIP (and its impact upon The Kingdom)
What do your FRIENDS look like? More importantly, what do they DO? How do they roll? Are they holy Kingdom Friends or common worldly acquaintances? Look around at your group of talmidim (disciples) to whom you answer as you DO LIFE alongside them. You really don’t have to like one another (Tis the case at some […]
Feigned Religion and Our Marriages
‘Feigned Religion’ DESTROYS hearts and homes; and by extension, marriages and churches. Some call this the ‘spirit of religion’. However, it’s more accurately stated as HYPOCRISY…or as we will see later, ‘untrue/denying’. Hyprocrisy (‘strange or destructive aish [Hb.]/fire’) is DETRIMENTAL to our marriages (and thus, our congregations) and too many are suffering needlessly. Yeshua […]
Knowing Who You Are (through!) Discipleship
Proverbs 19:2 Amplified Bible (AMP) 2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark). Biblical Discipleship is not just about dispensing helpful information. It’s much more about developing holy, healthy relationships. […]
Celebrating Sukkot/Dwelling
John 1:14 – NAS – And the Word became flesh, and DWELT (fixed a tabernacle) among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 – WH – και ο λογος σαρξ εγενετο (5633) και εσκηνωσεν (5656) εν ημιν και εθεασαμεθα (5662) […]
Proverbs 31 Woman – Fully Equipped/Fully Stripped
Who exactly is this Proverbs 31 Woman? What shall we call her? What is her correct title? Is she (as transliterated in a few versions): The Excellent Wife The Virtuous Woman The Capable Wife The Wife of Noble Character The Accomplished Woman The Woman of Worth The Competent Wife OR is she… The Warrior Woman […]
Do I Need Counsel?
Who is your counselor? If you say, ‘I don’t have a counselor’, that’s completely UNTRUE. You are already following a counsel of some kind. So, let me back up for a minute; proud humans have a great tendency to do what’s right in our OWN eyes: Deuteronomy 12:8 – “You shall not do at all what […]
‘Make Them ONE as WE are ONE’ ~ Yeshua (John 17)
The Way to ONENESS with G-d is through ONENESS with others (in the Body of Mashiach). There are too many Believers who are not Followers. Why is that? Because they profess a ONENESS with G-d while they have NO ONENESS with their brothers/sisters. They have the ‘haughty eye’, a dishonorable self-imposed elevated status that has […]
Emotionally Speaking…
I don’t want emotions to influence my thinking. My thinking should be influencing my emotions. Where is my mind, then? Where do I place it? Where have I left it? As I immerse my mind in the Living Word of G-d, His Holy Ruach sanctifies my emotions. This is to be influenced and governed by […]
The Fleshly Work of FACTIONS
This is the ADMONITION of the Apostle (Paul), filled with G-d’s Ruach, to those living in the last days (acharit-hayamim) of this present world (‘olam hazeh). There is the world to come (‘olam haba). But right now, Followers of Yeshua have righteous, holy works to do by His Ruach’s Power, not by our own human strength […]