For thousands of generations, the word of God has taught us how to live. One of the greatest lessons is thankfulness. There are many interpretations of the holiday we celebrate called Thanksgiving. Some are more myth than fact, but we do know that in 1863, with his Thanksgiving Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln finally made it a national holiday. The apostle Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica and admonished them to “Thank God in everything (no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks), for this is the will of God for you (who are in Christ.

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Beautiful Jerusalem and the Eastern Gate! The clouds look like an Aleph to me; which is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. “A point above, a point below, and a line of The Word between! Whatever we may understand of Him is but an infinitesimal point above. The only way we can join with Him is an infinitesimal point below. And what empowers us to become this zero point below that resonates with the infinite point above? Our awe of Him, a line that connects below to above!” Tzvi Freeman.  John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and.

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It has been said, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” A lovely thought…. Autumn is a magnificent time of year. All of the changing seasons are beautiful. God has designed it that way: “He has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) As the seasons change, so our lives are constantly changing, sometimes from day to day! In the center of all of this change there can be a.

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There are fundamental issues that must be addressed by those of us who claim to be believers and followers of Christ. Webster defines fundamental as “anything that serves as the foundation or basis of a system of belief, as a truth, law, or principle; a primary and necessary truth; an essential.” David who replaced Saul as the new king over Israel wrote in Psalm 138, “for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!” Jesus said, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he.

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