Take A Flying Leap!

Thirty days hath September

April, June, and November.

All the rest have thirty-one,

Except for February alone,

And that has twenty-eight days clear

And twenty-nine in each leap year.

Mother Goose

Leapin' Lizards!

Iran in the Bible: The Forgotten Story

"But it shall be in the latter days, the end of days,

that I will reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes

of Elam (Persia) says the Lord."

Jeremiah 49:39

Iran In The Bible
Our Daily Bread Films
Our Daily Bread
January 24, 2020

He Is My Defense

"For God alone my soul waits in silence;

from Him comes my salvation.

He is my Rock and my Salvation, 

my Defense and my Fortress,

I shall not be greatly moved."

Psalm 62:1-2

He Is My Defense
(Sung in English, Hebrew, and Russian)

Marty Goetz

Live in Jerusalem

Marty Goetz

(February 21, 2019)

On This Final Friday In February...

Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel!

Sabbath Blessings and Peace to All

What? Praying Through The Kotel?

Rabbi Zev Porat Explains

Messiah of Israel

(February 26, 2020)

Aaronic Benediction

Blessing in Hebrew and English

Marty and Misha Goetz

Misha Goetz

(September 10, 2013)

Friday Night Hebrew Lesson: Olive

Continuing our study of The Seven Species,

Sarah Liberman teaches us the Hebrew word for olive (Zayit).

Hebrew 033

Olive

Our Jewish Roots

(September 20, 2019)

Friday Night Bible Study: Day Four Of Creation

"And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day."

Genesis 1:19

Starry Night in the Negev Desert

(Israel)

This week Bible teacher Zola Levitt and Professor Gerald Schroeder

discuss the cooling of the earth and how the atmosphere changed  

from translucent to transparent bringing visibility to the heavens.
The sun and the moon and the stars could now be seen from earth.

 The Hebrew words for evening and morning, (order and chaos)
 reveal the progression of God's creation, and thus
 disprove the modern theory of random evolution.

Evidence of God

Day Four of Creation

Our Jewish Roots

(January 6, 2020)

(originally aired in 1999.)

On My Mind: There Is Nothing New Under The Sun

"The thing that has been-it is what will be again,

and that which has been done is that which will be done again;

and there is nothing new under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Coronavirus

I decided to write this post tonight after reading comments and hearing
 a lot of negative reaction to President Trump's news conference yesterday
from those attempting to politicize the Coronavirus epidemic.

 First of all,  Donald Trump is not perfect. Who is?

He is also not a disease pathologist with the CDC or a miracle worker.

He is the President of the United States of America and at yesterday's

news conference he reiterated more than once that his greatest concern

was protecting the American people and keeping everyone safe

during this latest worldwide crisis.  Regardless of what
the news media or Nancy Pelosi has to say, I believe our president.

 I ask that everyone reading this post to not only realize the enormous
weight of responsibility this man carries daily on his shoulders, but to
 please pray for President Trump to receive the wisdom and guidance 
 of the Holy Spirit in making important decisions for our nation.  

I pray that the Lord will surround our president and his family and 
 members of his administration with a legion of his mightiest warrior 
angels to protect and guard them from all the lies and schemes of the
enemy and his minions, both human and spiritual. Amen.

President Trump at yesterday's news conference

The passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes above, "and there is

nothing new under the sun" should be a reality check for believers

in understanding the ongoing situation regarding the Coronavirus.

  Pandemics have occurred throughout the course of human history. 

 In addition to the horrible Black Death which swept across Europe 

 and Asia in the mid-1300's, one of the most devastating plagues

of the last century was the dreaded Spanish Influenza of 1918-19.

Spanish Influenza: A Warning from History

Cambridge University

(November 30, 2018)



Some important things to remember:

Be Prepared. 

Stay Alert, Not Anxious

More importantly and above everything else, take all 
your concerns and needs to the Lord in prayer.


"God is our Refuge and Strength, mighty and
a very present and well-proved help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1

Peaceful Dwellings

"My people shall dwell in peaceful habitation,

in safe dwellings, and quiet resting places."

Isaiah 32:18

Peaceful Country Road

(2018)

Marilyn Smith

American artist

Our Jewish Roots Joshua: At The End

"Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua

and of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known

all the works the Lord had done for Israel."

Joshua 24:31

In this final episode filmed on location in Israel,

Dr. Jeffrey Seif teaches of the legacy of Joshua, the

 valiant warrior and leader of the nation of Israel,

an ordinary man with an extraordinary faith, 

 in the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.

Joshua: At The End

Our Jewish Roots

February 26, 2020

A Prayer For Ash Wednesday

" Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast

spirit within me.

Outpouring from Heaven

Todd L. Thomas

Cast me not away from Your presence 

 and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners shall be converted and return to You.

Deliver me from the bloodguiltiness and death, O God,

the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing 

 aloud of Your righteousness and Your justice.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall 

show forth Your praise.

For You delight not in sacrifice or else I would give it;

You find no pleasure in burnt offering.

My sacrifice, the sacrifice acceptable to God, 

is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,

broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and

 thoroughly penitent; such, O God, You will not despise."

Psalm 51:10-17

Wash Your Spirit Clean
Walela
(1997, 2002)

The Bearded Bible Brothers:When Evil Is Praised

"Woe to those who call evil good and good, evil,

who put darkness for light and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

Isaiah 5:20

Joshua and Caleb discuss when evil is praised

Our Jewish Roots

(February 25, 2020)

Possession Of The Priceless Privilege

Jesus

(2018)

Brian Perkins

"I count everything as loss compared to the

possession of the priceless privilege of knowing 

Jesus Christ my Lord

and of becoming more deeply 

 and  intimately acquainted

with Him

and recognizing and understanding Him

more fully and clearly.

For His sake, I have lost everything

and consider it all to be mere rubbish in order 

 that I may gain Christ the Anointed One.

Philippians 3:8

In These Things I Delight

The Holy Spirit
 Danny Hahlbohm
(2014)

Thus says the Lord:

Let not the wise and skillful person glory

and boast in wisdom and skill;

let not the mighty and powerful person glory

and boast in his strength and power;

let not the person who is rich glory

and boast in his earthly riches;

A General Before His King

A painting by Tim Davis

(2016)

But let him who glories glory in this:

that he understands and knows Me,

that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness,

judgment, and righteousness in the earth,

for in these things, I delight, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Through the Bible With Les Feldick: Water and Blood

"This is He Who came by with water and blood

His baptism and His death, Jesus Christ the Messiah,

not by the water only, but by the water and the blood.

And it is the Holy Spirit Who bears witness, because

the Holy Spirit is the Truth."

1 John 5:6

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

Water and Blood

Rome Gray

(December 5, 2013)

"So there are three witnesses in heaven:

the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit,

and these three are One;

and there are three witnesses on earth,

the Spirit, the water, and the blood:

and these three agree- are in unison-

their testimony coincides."

1 John 5:7-8

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

Water and Blood

Rome Gray

(December 5, 2013)

Fourth Sunday Meditation: On The Wings Of The Morning

"If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the

 uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall Your hand

lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me."

Psalm 139:9-10

Father, Son, And Holy Spirit

Jill Everson

(2011)

Take the wings of the morning;

Speed quickly thy flight

To Jesus thy Savior,

Thy hope and thy light;

The fount of His mercy

Is open for thee,

Go wash and be cleaned

In its waters so free.

Take the wings of the morning and fly,

Ere the darkness shall cover the sky;

Fly away from the shadows

That over thee roll,

And find in thy Savior

The home of thy soul.

Fly away to thy Savior,

He waits to forgive;

One look of His love,

And thy spirit shall live;

Thy faith will secure thee

His blessing divine;

Go plead thou His merits,

And peace will be thine.

Take the wings of the morning and fly,

Ere the darkness shall cover the sky;

Fly away from the shadows

That over thee roll,

And find in thy Savior

The home of thy soul.

On the wings of the morning

Fly home to His breast-

There only thy refuge,

There only thy rest;

The moments are precious,

The noontide is near:

Fly home to the Savior,

Oh, linger not here.

Take the wings of the morning and fly,

Ere the darkness shall cover the sky;

Fly away from the shadows

That over thee roll,

And find in thy Savior

The home of thy soul.

"Take The Wings Of The Morning"

Fanny Crosby

(1820-1915)

Prolific American hymn writer

The Cowboy and The Cross

I was once an old cowboy ridin' down the wrong trails

when I gazed upon a wooden cross with a crown of thorns and nails.

I asked an old cowpoke who was kneeling down to pray,

"Why are you kneeling by this old dead tree on such a pretty day?"

Cowboy
 Photograph by Jovan Klopocan

(November 3, 2013)

He looked up at me and grinned with the biggest smile on his face.

He said, "My friend, this cross is to remind all Cowboys of

 God's Amazing Grace."

The old cowpoke then took my hand and said,

"I too was once like you.

I've been down those lonely dusty trails and

done what real bad Cowboys do.

Why, I've cussed and fussed and I've even drawn my gun a time or two.

Then one day I met a preacher man who looked

me straight in the eyes and he said,

"Cowboy, Jesus loves you."

Hangin' there from his saddle was an old wooden cross

 and that's where I knelt down to pray.

Jesus forgave me all my wrongs, cleaned me up, and gave

this cowboy a brand new start that day.

So, you see my friend this cross ain't just part of an old tree.

It represents eternal life from a loving God

Who gave His life for cowboys like you and me.

"The Cowboy and The Cross"

Tracy "Bobo" Banks

(2007)

Amazing Grace

(My Chains Are Gone")

Chris Tomlin

(2014)