Visiting The Cradle Of My Christian Faith

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Shlomo Hizak

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Robert Ilatiov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing for the trip and experiences of a lifetime to Israel on Saturday, November 5th. As a student and teacher of typology from the Old Testament I am so excited and looking forward to being with the Director of the Jerusalem Center of Biblical Studies and Research, Shlomo Hizak for 12 days. As Saint Augustine has said “The New is in the Old concealed, and the Old is in the New revealed”.

So appreciating the opportunity to share, see where Jesus walked and be baptized in the River Jordan.

I also look forward to meeting again my new friend Robert Ilatiov, who is a member of Knesset Government in Israel, and serves as Chairman of Israel Beitenu Faction and the Israeli Hi-tech Caucus. When I was introduced to Robert at a conference last year we shared and compared our experiences both in Israel and Northern Ireland living with terrorism. Robert said he would arrange to take me to the parliament in Jerusalem. How exciting is that!

I always finish my correspondence with “Walk with the King and be a blessing” and soon “I’ll be walking with the King where He walked”

Covet your prayers for traveling mercies and safety while in Israel! 

Going the Extra Mile

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Going that extra mile on the elliptical at my cardiac rehab today challenged me to keep a promise to myself and gave me confidence in my own integrity. It challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone. My personal trainer had asked 20 minutes of me but I had promised myself during the week to go the extra mile by 10 minutes every day until today when I did 40 minutes.
It has aided me in the mastery of the destructive habit of procrastination. It has developed definiteness of purpose, insuring me against the common habit of aimlessness. It wasn’t just to strengthen my muscles but it gave me more self-reliance, greater initiative, more enthusiasm, more vision and definiteness of purpose.It is leading to mental growth as well as to physical skill.

What a thought that came originally from the greatest personal Trainer of all in Matthew 5:41
“And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.”

Live More Abundantly

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Dear Child,

“An abundant life is not a life full of busyness

But rather an abundant life is a life full of Me.”

Thus saith Papa

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly

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Life is Hidden in the Roots

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He is the True Vine and we are the branches – John 15
We are crafted into that True Vine – Romans 11:17
He is the Root and He never changes – Hebrews 13:8

There is a Time and a Season for Everything

IMG_0166Dear Father,

May I never cease to praise You for the works of Your hand, as I look at my garden in the autumn how it manifests not only Your glory but also Your faithfulness in the seasons of the earth.

Oh, Papa, as I place my life, body, soul and spirit in Your hands, the hands of the great Husbandman, may the garden of my life  also bring glory to Your name and display Your faithfulness in the changing seasons of my life.

Everything in my garden has a unique purpose, and therein lies the beauty and the glory for everything in my garden, that it fulfills its unique purpose in Your timing. All so different and yet all so beautiful.

Papa may I also bloom in my uniqueness in Your timing.

Dear Child,

Therein lies the glory that you bloom in your uniqueness, for then you are fulfilling the purpose of your creation.  

Watered from heaven, nourished by the Word, faithfully tend the garden of your life that the cares of this world and weeds of discouragement do not strangle and choke the potential bloom.

This bloom in all its beauty will bring glory to My name and testify of My faithfulness, just as your horticultural garden does.

                                                   Thus saith My Faithful Papa

Revelation 4:11  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

 Ephesians 2:10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

CHALLENGE: You may be facing rare seasons that others have not had to face, but these seasons will bring uniqueness to the potential bloom and harvest of your life. So don’t labor or strive to bloom in someone else’s potential, but rather bring glory to His name by resting in His faithfulness as the unique flower He created you to be.