Live Long and Prosper If you are a Star Trek fan you would remember Dr. Spock’s raised right hand, with his fingers parted in the Vulcan salute saying, “Live long and prosper.” Actually the hand sign comes from a Jewish priestly blessing. The fingers separated in this way signify the Hebrew letter “Shin,” which stands […]

Make or Break Each believer has the capacity to make or break a church’s outreach. Moses told the officers to weed out from their ranks those who were afraid so that their fear wouldn’t affect the others. “Then the officers shall add, ‘Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his […]

Don’t Allow Fear to Stop God’s Promises After the children of Israel defeated most of the standing armies and fortified cities in the Promised Land, and even though more remained, seven tribes of Israel had not yet claimed their inheritance. And so Joshua asked this question, “How long will you wait before you begin to […]

Christmas Fades Fears Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.” (Luke 2:10) There are many reasons why the angel told the shepherds not be afraid. It was a natural response. Angels are superior beings while shepherds were ordinary people considered by many as third class citizen. Shepherds in Jewish society were considered […]

God Our Stronghold Yesterday we looked at overcoming the Satan’s strongholds in our lives. But reading Psalm 27 it hit me; the best way to overcome Satan’s strongholds is to make the Lord our stronghold. This was what the prophet Nahum found out. “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; […]