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Eager for Fellowship: 10 Steps for Developing Your Tribe

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People often ask me how I found my Bible study "tribe." Well, the truth is that I didn't find one, I was part of developing one.  Grab a notepad and pen, Friends! Let us explore some strategies for developing deeper fellowship with whole Bible believers.    PRAY The importance of prayer in the development of a tribe cannot be over-emphasized.  Effective tribe-building is a supernatural experience, Friends.  It happens because the Holy Spirit makes it happen.  Don’t neglect prayer in this endeavor.   EMBRACE THE DESERT While feelings of loneliness are difficult, there can be great joy in being one-on-one with YHVH.  There is purpose in the waiting.  Don’t resist Him. INVEST IN PEOPLE YOU ALREADY KNOW Have you noticed anyone who seems curious about your whole Bible lifestyle?  Do you have a friend or family member that likes to “talk Bible” with you?  These people may become your tribe.  Perhaps you do not have such pe...

Building Anticipation For The Party!

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  Hello Dear Readers!  Good to be with you as we near another one of YHVH's appointed times.   What are you doing to prepare? I put the above question out to a group recently, and I realized that many are not sure how to prepare for YHVH's appointed times.   For most of us, myself included, following YHVH's calendar is a new adventure.  Just knowing it exists feels like a real accomplishment!     I am no expert on the Appointed Times or in preparing for them, but I am glad to share a few ideas for getting started. 1) Study This is by far the most important aspect of celebrating YHVH's Appointed Times.  Find out what the Bible says about the feast days.  You can always find the beginning of a trail in Leviticus 23 .  Beyond that, doing a word search in Blue Letter Bible can help you find other places in the Bible where each feast is mentioned.  I recommend gleaning as much from scripture as you can about each feast be...

Courage to Build

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I can always tell when I have been watching or reading too much news.  It has a tendency to make me feel anxious.  And, while it is true that our world is sinful, we have been given something much better on which to focus our attention:   YHVH And His plan to restore creation and man back to The Garden.  You see, when I begin to feel that newsy anxiety , I know that I am forgetting that I hold Revelation 22 in my hands and heart.  Truly, I am confident, without a shadow of doubt, that YHVH will bring His people back to the peace of the Garden of Eden.  Until then, we have been given important work to do.  What is that work? Making Disciples "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the  Ruach ha-Kodesh ,  teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And remember! I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20 We are to spread the Good News of the ...

What is All That Counting About?

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Hello to my Feasting Friends! At the time of this blog post, we are just days away from another appointed time of YHVH.   How. Exciting. You have likely heard of this feast by one of the following names: Shavuot, or... Feast of Weeks, or... Pentecost. These all describe the same appointed time. My personal preference is to call it Shavuot, but you call it whatever you like....Deal? Shavuot is timed by its relationship to the Feast of First Fruits during the week of Passover.   Because of that, some friends will celebrate it at slightly different times, just as some celebrate Passover at slightly different times.   You know my take on calendars by now.  I say celebrate and support one another.  We will know the REAL dates when Messiah returns, until then, let's walk in obedience to The Father and love for our neighbors.  And if we time it just right with our friends, some of us may be able to celebrate a little bit extra!   Let us lo...

Passover - Resource Collection

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Hello Feasting Friends!  Welcome to our Passover Resource Page.      Where Should We Celebrate? The Place of His Choosing Part 1    *New 2023 The Place of His Choosing Part 2   *New 2023 Passover Specific Passover Part 1: The Threshold Covenant Passover Part 2: Who Gets to Celebrate? Passover Part 3: The Door Passover Part 4: Trampled Underfoot? Passover Part 5: Our Chief Cornerstone Passover Part 6: What the Bible Says  Passover Part 7: Celebrating in the Home Passover Part 8: The Four Cups Passover Part 9: My Haggadah Passover Part 10: My Haggadah ~ Shorter Version *New 2024 Youtube Videos: Passover in the Park - Part 1 Passover in the Park - Part 2 Firstfruits   *New 2023 General Passover Info and Prayer Time   *New 2023

What Will Happen When Messiah Returns: Avar or Pesach?

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  Or Perhaps Both... Hello Dear Readers and Friends! If you regularly seek with me, you have been walking along on my recent journey through the book of Revelation.  You may be glad to know that I have completed Revelation and have now started back over "in the beginning."  Today's thoughts actually hit me between the eyes from this week's Torah Portion (Bo) in the book of Exodus.   In my most recent blogs, we have looked at Yeshua's return through different points of view.  I shared from scripture that Yeshua will return as a " thief in the night " to those who are unprepared. But, He will return as the long-awaited bridegroom to those who are actively watching and waiting.   Same Return Same Yeshua Different Outcomes Different Outcomes?  What do you mean? For those who have had their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life , the return of Yeshua will be a time of great celebration.  These individuals will enter into the Wedding Supp...

It Is Done!

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 Hello Dear Friends and Readers!  Well, I made it to the end of the book of Revelation 💥 There are many thoughts and doctrines that people hold to when it comes to Revelation, but one thing is for certain:  He. Is. Coming. Again. -- Can I hear an Amen?! As we near the end, we hear The One Sitting on the Throne say,  "It Is Done!  I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.  To anyone who is thirsty I myself will give water free of charge from the Fountain of Life.  He who overcomes will receive these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son." Rev 21:6-7   HallaluYAH! But who are these overcomers?  We looked a bit at them a few blogs back, but this seems worthy of a bit more attention.  We want to be overcomers!! Recall that overcomers are spoken of in relation to the 7 churches at the beginning of Revelation.  We also see them spoken of here: "...those who are called , chosen , and faithful will o vercome ...