Heart for Messiah

IS THERE A PURPOSE FOR EVIL? The fear of ADONAI is hatred of evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and duplicitous speech. Proverbs 8:13 I have spoken with many people about the source of evil. When asked this question, most respond the source of evil is the devil. While I can understand this response, I do not agree with it. Scripture tells us the source of evil will be found within our own desires. For example, in Rav Sha’ul’s (The Apostle Paul) letter to Tim...Continue reading

Eisodus and Exodus They said to each other, Look, this dreamer is coming! So, come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these water cisterns here. Then we’ll say some wild animal devoured him. We’ll see then what becomes of his dreams! Genesis 37:19,20 Derek Lemen introduced a new word to me recently, through his daily blog, Daily Portion Eisodus. If you have never heard of this word either, before today, you are not alone. Microsoft ‘spell-check’ didn’t know...Continue reading

Wisdom or Impulse? My son, if sinners entice you, don’t go along with them . . . Their feet run to evil, they rush to shed blood. Proverbs 1:10,16 I am grateful to Derek Leman for his insightful analyses of Scripture. One piece of HIS insight especially caught my eye: Life is full of regrets. Wisdom is acting from something deeper than an emotional impulse. But it takes time and experience to learn that lesson and apply it. Oh, how I have learned this valuable piece of wi...Continue reading

What if my Life was a Dress Rehearsal? I have seen the task God has given humanity to keep us occupied. He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can’t fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does Ecclesiastes 3:10,11 I often read ‘our lives are not a dress-rehearsal’. Putting this phrase into context, we may get the idea that once our lives are over, then there is nothi...Continue reading

IS YOUR SOULD BEING FED AND CLOTHED? At this, the Judeans disputed with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Yeshua said to them, Yes, indeed! I tell you that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life that is, I will raise him up on the Last Day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh an...Continue reading

TORAH A SOURCE OF INSPRIATION But in my mind I keep returning to something, something that gives me hope that the grace of ADONAI is not exhausted, that his compassion has not ended. [On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness! ADONAI is all I have, I say; therefore I will put my hope in him....Continue reading