January 1, 2020 Genesis 48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh. On Erev Shabbat (Friday night), it is customary for Jewish families to gather around the dinner table and celebrate the Almighty’s […]
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” When God created the heavens and the earth, we understand that He spoke everything into existence that would fulfill His purpose, even if it was not clearly manifested in the beginning. But in addition to the physical world, Isaiah tells us that He […]
For all of those who live in the northern hemisphere, winter is upon us – a time of dead leaves and gloomy weather. Not surprisingly, during this time of year, many people struggle with depression. Perhaps it’s because of the stark landscape and sunless skies or just the overall environment that winter creates. Whatever it […]
We all have self. Don’t we? It’s not like it just comes to us. We are all born with sin and with our selfish ways but when we become a Christian we must do something with it. We must put it on a shelf. We must let it go. We must not let it continue […]
Today is the second day of Tevet and the eighth and final day of Hanukkah. On this concluding day of the Festival of Lights, all eight branches of the Hanukkah menorah are burning bright. The imagery of a menorah with all of its branches producing light has a prophetic element to it. It demonstrates the […]
Today is the first day of the month called Tevet. It also the seventh day of Hanukkah. It was on this day that a young Benjamite girl named Hadassah – better known as Esther – was presented to the king of Persia as recorded in Scripture. “So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his […]
