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

Shalom Mishpoca,        Summer is full here!  Warm temperatures, cook outs, and days at the beach!  July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that start...  Read More

It can be hard at times to be committed to a Messianic Congregation and all of the inherent idiosyncrasies.  We're either to churchy, too Jewish, not Jewish enough, or there's not enough New Testament, or there's too much New Testament, too much liturgy, not enough liturgy, too much Torah, not Enough Torah, moving in the gifting of the Ruach is too Charismatic, not moving in the Ruach not charisma...  Read More

Numbers 20:1-8. The people of Isra'el, the whole community, entered the Tzin Desert in the first month, and they stayed in Kadesh. There Miryam died, and there she was buried. 2 Because the community had no water, they assembled themselves against Moshe and Aharon. 3 The people quarreled (Vayarev: to strive, contend, debate, make complaint, to quarrel) with Moshe and said, "We wish we had died whe...  Read More

Shalom Mishpoca,                June, the sixth month of the year (we are t half way through the year) and the first month of summer is here! June has 30 days and is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of youth and protection. Her name (Latin Iūnō) comes from the root word for “young” (Iuuen) and goes back to the idea of vital energy and fertility.  The Summer solstice, the longest day of the year...  Read More

Leviticus 23:15-17.  "'From the day after the day of rest -that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving -you are to count seven full weeks, 16 until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to ADONAI.  You must bring bread from your homes for waving-two loaves made with one gallon of fine flour, baked with leaven -as firs...  Read More

Father’s Day is a day set apart to honor and celebrate our Father and fatherhood in general. We recognize and honor the influence of fathers in our homes and society, and in blended family paternal bonds. It is also celebrated to honor and commemorate our fathers and forefathers. Fathers-Day is celebrated in the U.S. on the third Sunday of June. Tradition has it that Father’s Day was first observe...  Read More

I recently noticed a supernatural connection between the Kingdom of God and rivers.  A river watered the Garden of Eden then divided into four rivers.  Moshe was placed into a wicker basket and floated down the river.  The first two plaques against Egypt involved the Nile River.  Moshe struck the River turning it into blood making it undrinkable and all the fish in the River died. The river was st...  Read More

Jeremiah 22:13. "Woe to him who builds his palace unfairly (Lo Tzadak: Unrighteousness), its upper rooms by injustice (Lo Mishpat; injustice, no ordinances, no Torah, wrongfully) who makes his neighbor work for free and will not give him his wages;Jeremiah is rebuking King Jehoiakim for failing rule with justice, to act justly on behalf of his subjects.  Jehoiakim’s Father was King Josiah who serv...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,        May has arrived!  Our gardens and flowers are growing, and the temperatures continue to warm! May is likely named after the Roman goddess Maia in Latin, who oversaw the growth of plants. May is a busy month as we prepare for summer and school is finishing up! May 5th is Cinco de Mayo “The Fifth of May” in Spanish. This day celebrates the victory of the Mexican army over th...  Read More