Daily and Weekly Christian Inspiration
All wrapped up we ventured out on one of the freezing cold nights last week to see the movie “Let There Be Light” but our hearts were soon warmed by the moving story. A story where the hard cold heart of an atheist is melted by the warmth of God’s love and grace. Go and see this movie you will be blessed and touched but make sure to take some tissues!.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
God could have created robots programmed to love and obey Him. Instead in His sovereignty He chose to trust us with the gift of free will to choose. Would you want love from someone who HAS to love you or someone who WANTS to love you? Without free will to choose we couldn’t be held accountable for our actions and motivations. You are not a robot so choose this day whom you will serve! Deuteronomy 24:15
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“The sin of both men and angels was rendered possible by the fact that God gave us free will” C.S. Lewis
No better place to celebrate those roots than at the Wailing Wall as the sun sets to usher in Shabbat while thousands gather to praise God in dance, song and prayer.
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As with Jewish tradition the men gather on one side while women gather across a fence.
Meeting up with Tatyana again in Israel, a young woman, whom I ministered to in Russia last year. How awesome is that! Anything can happen in Israel.
Shabbat Shalom!
“I do not climb high to a secret place to learn knowledge to feed my mind but to listen for Your voice, to learn of You and know You better”.©MJB Read more in my book “Developing a Secret History with God”
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After traveling up to the Mount of Olives to admire the breathtaking view of Jerusalem lying before us, we slowly strolled downhill to spend a reflective time at the Garden of Gethsemane. It was as if we could almost touch time as we rubbed our fingers down the trunks of the trees that are over 2000 years old and would have been growing in the Garden when the Lord Jesus agonized in prayer before His crucifixion.
If those trees could talk what would they tell us? Would we have grown weary as the disciples did? How often have we grown weary and fallen asleep during spiritual warfare?
Our journey then took us up a row of steps, some of the only authentic stones in Jerusalem that are the actual steps He walked as He was ushered to the palace of the high priest Caiaphas after His arrest and betrayal by Judas.
We saw the place where Peter denied Him and heard the cock crow. My heart was convicted as I pondered how many times I have denied Him by my thoughts or my attitudes?
It was an emotional and deep spiritual moment as we climbed down the narrow staircase down to the pit where He was imprisoned the night before He carried His cross to Calvary. The walls were spattered with blood. We don’t know but could this be some of the blood He shed for us?
After we walked the Via Dolorosa following His road to Golgotha, we finished our day in prayer at the Wailing Wall with a deeper, sensitive appreciation of the awesome cost of our salvation.
1 Peter 1: 18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: