Posts with the category “august-2024”

Shalom Mishpocha!August has arrived! August is the last month of summer and the hottest month of the year. The original name of the month of August was originally a Latin word, Sextilis. In the 8th century BC, during the early Medieval period, the month was renamed August in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor. Interestingly, more babies are born in August than in any other month. Au...  Read More

Sha’ul wrote that twice he had tried to come to visit and minister to the messianic Congregation in Thessalonica, “but the Adversary (hindered, thwarted) stopped us” (I Thess.2:18). The Greek word for hindered or thwarted is EGKOPTO:  to cut into, to impede one's course by cutting off his way, to hinder. Egkopto was used to describe a road so deteriorated, so tore up it’s impassable, forcing a per...  Read More

One of my favorite passages in scripture is II Chronicles 29 & 30 with King Hezekiah who at the young age of 25 became the king of Judah.  After Kings David and Solomon, King Hezekiah is considered one of the greatest monarchs of Judah because of his restoration of worship and ministering to Adonai.  Hezekiah had a great zeal, great desire, a longing for God during a bleak and desolate time period...  Read More