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08/20/2024

There’s always a circle of support, sunshine and cheer! Find your people, your why and your 1%!

Dreaming big this year, continuing to pray over my classroom and watching what God does next, while thanking him for what He did when I couldn’t! 🥹❤️

10/12/2023

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:4

Beginning with the classic TV series featuring fictional defense attorney Perry Mason, there has been no shortage of courtroom-based dramas. People who have never set foot in a courtroom are thoroughly versed in the procedures and principles of a trial—including the role of the character witness.

A character witness is someone called to establish the believability of a defendant. But often the opposing attorney will call a witness to discredit the reputation of the character witness, hoping to make his testimony unreliable, unbelievable, or irrelevant. If the character witness cannot be trusted, neither can his testimony. God will call two witnesses “to the stand” during the Tribulation to testify for Him—and their character will be beyond reproach. Moses and Elijah will return to the prophetic stage and bear witness to God’s message of judgment on the earth. They are as life-giving as an olive tree and light-giving as a lampstand.

The Bible is filled with witnesses to the words and works of God—witnesses who have never been proved wrong, witnesses you can trust.

From Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

10/10/2023

From Whispers & Fringes - Women’s Bible Study

"I regret to inform you..."

The words I never wanted to see on the e-mail I had been anxiously waiting on.

"Fail"

A feeling of rejection washed over me as the monosyllabic word glared at me after I clicked "submit".

"I'm sorry...you didn't make the team."

My daughter, crushed from hearing those words, cried. I sat with her as she processed it.

"Our nation is under attack..."

The voicemail my father left on our answering machine on September 11, 2001 while I slept after a night shift.

"Israel is at war..."

The text my husband sent me two days ago while he was out and I was folding sheets at home.

It just takes a few words for your world to rock.

Shock sets in and after taking time to process it, you learn a few things.

Of those things, the most important: God is faithful.

Why does Israel matter to an American girl like me?

Because the promises given to Israel, a nation that was promised to Abram, also belong to me.

In Genesis 12:1-3, God told Abram that he would become a great nation, that he would be blessed, and that all the peoples on the earth would be blessed through him.

In his book, Jerusalem, Jay Sekulow states the following: "This remarkable promise....marks the beginning of God's close, intimate relationship with the 'nation' referred here. From this command to leave his home, Abram would go on to be the father of a great nation that has outlasted practically every other ancient civilization."

In fact, when Abram asked God how he would KNOW that he would inherit the land, God made a COVENANT with Abram by asking him to gather animals and divide them. Then God, Himself, walked between the pieces of the animals and made an unbreakable covenant. "To your descendants I give this land..." (Genesis 15:18)

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, King Solomon, King David, Paul, Jesus.

Israel has not had a perfect past. There were cycles of disobedience and obedience. According to Sekulow, "their history has been a troubled one of dispersion, discrimination, and decimation." However, "we can see echoes of God's covenant with Abraham..."

Remember, this is an everlasting covenant.

It is not finite. It is "an unending relationship between God and His chosen people, the Jews." That means "modern Jews still remain in that covenant relationship with God..." (Jay Sekulow)

What was the purpose of the covenant, anyway?

It was "to make Israel a holy nation, setting it apart from all the others, and to bless other nations through it so that they might come to know God, his laws, and how to follow Israel's example." (Jay Sekulow)

Paul, a Jew himself, said this about the people of Israel in Romans 9:4, "Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises."

So what does that have to do with me?

I am not a Jew. I am a Gentile.

God, in his infinite mercy and grace, GRAFTED ME INTO THE PROMISE He gave to Abraham.

Romans 11: 17: "But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree. "

In the tough, unspeakable tragedies of our lives, let us remember that GOD IS FAITHFUL.

An empty tomb proves that GOD IS FAITHFUL.

Whether you are a Jew or Gentile, I ask that you pray for the peace of Israel as we are commanded in Psalm 122.

Israel, you have witnessed God's faithfulness and you WILL see Him faithful.

Israel, we love your people.

Israel, we pray for your peace.

Israel, we stand with you.

Israel, you will rise.

~Elizabeth/Betsy
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09/26/2023

Lesson Text: Judges 3:15-25
SCRIPTURE: 15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

REFLECTION: Hello, friends! There is so much packed into this passage, but I found myself reflecting on the emphasis that Ehud is left-handed! The majority of people during this time were right-handed, as it was believed that if you were left-handed, it was considered almost a deformity. Since most people were right-handed, a weapon such as a dagger, would be strapped to the left leg. The movement of Ehud's left hand would not be as suspect, giving him an advantage.

Since Ehud was performing God's work, he was under God's protection. It was God, after all, who had chosen him to bring about deliverance for Israel from the Moabites.

I have greatly considered Ehud's left-handedness and how it was considered a flaw. God makes no mistakes! God hand-picked Ehud knowing that he was seen as flawed and not considered capable of his actions. Certainly, Eglon, king of Moab, did not foresee his fate!

How many times in life have we been accused of having a flaw or incapable of carrying out a task? How many times at work have you been unfairly judged, despite your best efforts or dedication? Have you ever had low expectations of someone without really knowing their ability, simply because of a flaw you have noticed in that person? I believe that we all have a "left-handedness" to us - a flaw that makes us imperfect, but thank God, He uses that flaw to bring about unexpected greatness! We do not know the reason that one person is better at something than another person. Sure, there are attributes that improve us such as practice, determination, and simple God-given talent. Our flaws are to make us imperfectly perfect! It often takes struggling with that flaw to finally cry out to God, asking what He should have us do! How do we use the flaw to better ourselves or empower others?

What is your flaw that you are facing tonight, sweet friend? Will you be like Ehud and use your flaw for God's greater good? Will you be like king Eglon of Moab and not consider the possibilities? I ask that you consider your flaw a blessing. Show the world what you can do and trust that God will guide you with the very flaw you feel was meant to hold you down!

09/26/2023

Welcome to HeBrews-FaithFaith, a place to meditate on God's word and how it impacts our daily lives! I'm glad you have joined us! Open up your Bible, pour a freshly brewed beverage and settle in for messages of Faith intended to inspire thought and most of all, followers of Christ!

09/26/2023

Welcome to HeBrews-Faith, a place to meditate on God's word and how it impacts our daily lives! I'm glad you have joined us! Open up your Bible, pour a freshly brewed beverage and settle in for messages of Faith intended to inspire thought and most of all, followers of Christ!