Shalom Shabbat/Invitation

Shabbat Shalom Family!
If you were to stroll a street in any Jewish neighborhood, any time between sunset on Friday through Saturday sunset, you will notice Jews wishing eachother an enjoyable Shabbat! , which if unfamiliar is the Jewish worshiper's Day of Rest. So !, Shalom Shabat to our Jewish brothers and especially our
partners at The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews  Click here for link to our partners  .  Let us never forget GENESIS 12:3, which is a Promise of God to " Bless those who bless Israel ". These trying days for our Brother's and Sister's are challenging to say the very least, and seem very reflective of End Day scripture. PLEASE remember them in your prayers!

Although ( I ) can't sing a lick ( not one of my own Holy Spirit Gifts ), my heart indeed sings out blessings to Israel. So, we've found a beautiful child of Christ. Let us share her Holy Spirit Gift of song with you and our family in ISRAEL.

SIDE-NOTE ALERT  !
A LAST MINUTE INVITATION TO ALL

Many, many apologies for not alerting you earlier BUT, ...............

TOMORROW  DEC. 6th at 10:00 A.M. Service at FIRST  CHRISTIAN CHURCH of Kittery Point, we are blessed to be honored with a GUEST  MUSICAL APPEARANCE by renowned seacoast Tenor MR. NATHAN COX. Unlike myself, The Holy Spirit Gift of Song was indeed endowed to our good friend Nate. As a matter of fact, I believe he may have a double portion, or as our own Pastor Gough would say , ....NATE My Friend , ...You are indeed DOUBLY  BLESSED !

Although last minute my friends, if you've not seen Nate in a public venue elsewhere, I tell you it is well worth your time. We pray you might be able to join us at The Little Church, With A Big Heart 

First Christian Church can be located at:

542 Haley Road (@ 2 mi. down the Dunkin Donut's Rd. on rt.

10:00 A.M.

Now, For Our Heartfelt Gift of Song

Blessings in Ruach ha Qodesh

(The Holy Spirit)  

Football, Faith, and Fellowship

Did SomeOne Mention, 'Road-Trip'?

Shalom Brethren,

There are so many blessings to update you with,I hardly know where to start. So, I guess I will start by updating you on our Inter-Church, Fantasy Football League. Allow me to start by saying how 

satisfying it is to be leading my good friend Mr. Mel Spelman for the first time in @ 7 years.

( WE TRULY HAVE SO MUCH FUN !)

But, this year (as we totaled  6 churches), the closeness of competition is nothing short of exciting.

NewComer,  brother Peter Pike (can you say peter pike picked a peck of pickled peppers,...10xfast?) 

In  proving out his Fantasy prowess as He leads the league and hopes to take the Trophy to Eliot Baptist Church till next season!  We'll see,............ !

 The remaining teams are ALL lumped together at 4 wins and five losses, OR the other way around!

I've truly never seen such a competitive leage. And right there in the thick of the playoff hunt is Good Ol' TEAM ESTHER !,...  Somebody (Me) had a great idea to have my wife Donna, and Tom's wife Linda run a team. Well, Linda neglected to let us know that she watches more football than all of us combined. Consequently they are running a srtong second place ! ( I'm Truly SO smart,..NOT! )

Amongst our weekly jokes back n' forth, it allears that next week will hold a league FIRST!  A real true and blue old fashioned 'Tailgate Party' As our Creator has made it happen, next Saturday, UNH Football plays the University of Maine team ! ( I DARE SAY ITS THEIR LARGEST RIVALRY)

Even if you're not in the league this year, we would love to have you join us. It happens to also be Senior Week at UNH, and if you've not seen a collegiate marching band during half-time of Senior Week, you are in for an electrifying performance of skill, passion, precision, which you will not likely forget. And lets not forget, the generation that will be predominant at the game are indeed the ones whom need to see us Burn Brightly for Jesus.So, please join us for some great fellowship. Whether you are a current ministry member, partner, or even inconsistent blog viewer, we would love to see you.

I can be reached at 207-363-1775

Blessings in the Holiest of Names

b

 

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Christ Centered

Shalom Family,

Share, Share, Share,! ,............Isn't that what we do as Christians?
So very important to share is anything we learn from Holy Scripture, or that may help to lead our brothers and sisters to a closer relationship with Christ.
Being human, and possessing human frailty, it is no easy task to maintain fully Christ-Centered days.

I have found, ( as have many of my family, ...yourselves included ) that if I Begin My Day with
prayer, I am much better equipped to actually carry out a Christ Centered Day. Consequently,
I would like to share the following prayer with you with Holy Spirit driven prayers that you might
find the inspiration of 'Christ First' within.

DEAR  FATHER ABBA

I receive the cleansing Blood of our Lamb, Jesus, today to cleanse me and wash me yet again of my flesh driven and worldly ignorant thoughts and ways. I come against and reject ALL generational sin and darkness that seeks to destroy myself, and all Christians!

Thank you Jesus, for providing THE WAY to the heart of our Father, ABBA.

I shake off the dust of this world and all of it's cares today, and humbly come to my Father God

( Elohim ) to receive all of His sufficiency which is all I need, and magnified by trials overcome with Him. Thank You oh Lord, that You have chosen me to be born to this world and to be filled with the knowledge and revelation of You. ( I truly believe I was born for such a time as this )

So, here I am ABBA, Father God. I ask that you fill me, that I see NOT as the world sees. ABBA, I pray that you fill me with your truth. I look up to you in heaven and receive your heart, your mind, and your will so to be centered, that I will be yours and you will be mine, and my actions righteous in your eyes that see all.

God of Israel, I ask that You ' enlarge my territory ' as in The Prayer of Jabeez. Let your guiding hand be with me always, that I may live happily WITH, THROUGH, and FOR our King and Messiah, Jesus Christ ! Help me to burn ever so brightly in your name, that men may see the path of Christly living as the righteous way.

Thank you Lord for the blessings as well as the trials that define the man you have chosen me to be.

With Thanks, Praise, and Love!,

AMEN !

b

Celebrate Recovery - Bethany Church!

Shalom Brethren, 

As most of you are aware, our ministry actually began about seven years ago as a Celebrate Recovery ministry.
Celebrate Recovery is a powerful Christ Centered Addiction and Recovery program. The uniqueness of this program is  it's Beatitudes based recovery approach. By approaching the challenge of recovery through fellowship with Jesus Christ we attain His limitless power needed to overcome any
Hurt or Hang-Up that may disrupt our walk with Jesus.
We are extremely happy to announce that our friends at Bethany Church in Rye, N.H. have begun a Celebrate Recovery initiative. ( Please click on the link above to see more info on this new ministry initiative.)
This is the closest Celebrate Recovery program south of Portland, Maine. If we can be of any help to you or answer any questions please call !

May you be showered with blessings in the holy name of Christ Jesus,
b

Genesis 12:3

Shalom Family !


Whereas the Anti-Christian and Anti-Israeli movements or (Holy War) and most recently, the Palestinian Intifada, currently making history with unorganized,random knife attacks on the Jewish people ( Many teenagers, women, and children riding bicycles ) is very quickly picking up speed.

Aside from the accelerated speed, the ever-deepening level of barbaric atrocities was demonstrated this past Friday, when Joseph's Tomb was Fire Bombed both inside and out!  YES!, that Joseph!
Joseph, son of  Jacob, who was son of Isaac. Are you beginning to see the real picture ?
As we continue to 'put our houses in order', let's stay aware of signs of the times. These signs dictate the fact that our Brothers and Sisters in Israel, need our Holy Spirit driven prayers NOW !

GENESIS 12:3 relates, " I will Bless those who Bless Israel ". ( the very word of God,..Elohim )
                                       Prophecy that our God knew the end, at the beginning. Unfolding before our 
                                      eyes.

Here is a You-Tube video, produced weekly by Alan Hovarth

I think I have mentioned Alan in past posts as my ancient Hebraic and Aramaic language teacher,

with ' Hippy Hippy Shake ' reminiscent style. But, to be sure, a hard line Christian thru n' thru.

Many of us are aware that Western Main-Stream Media may not always choose to inform us of the actual graveness of Middle Eastern activities which ultimately affect Israel. Every Tuesday, Alan posts his newscast inclusive of a segment called Wars and Rumors of Wars. I have found it to be a good and accurate Middle-Eastern reality check. Alan personally relates to it as " What the Lame-Stream " media isn't telling you. Please check out an example of Alan's newscast below. Additionally,I will include one more link to an Israeli new source at the bottom of this post.

What do you think of Alan's newscast?  Please feel free to comment on this blog, I would love some feedback! ,....   ( I think )

On a personal level, I've always struggled with the " Super-Evangelistic, End-Times, The World is Ending Two Wednesdays From Now " Ministers. It seems that many of them stay so very focused on 
being the one whom will guess a prophesied date ( which indeed the Bible speaks to ), that they don't allow for us to live in the Joy of Jesus, or to rest in God's perfect Shalom, or very importantly to
Carry out The Great Commission and spread the Good News, The Gospel!
Family, the time is NOW!, to Bless our Brothers and Sisters in Israel. these, our family in God.
The very family whom we are richly blessed to have been grafted into. through the Love Sacrifice of Messiah.        Praise God !
Staying knowledgeable of current happenings in the Middle-East should help us arrange our heartfelt prayers for Israel.

May you be richly blessed in the Holy Spirit ( Ruach ha Qodesh )
In the name of Yeshua we pray, AMEN

One More Israeli News Source ....... click here  

Look Up !

Shalom Family!

And may blessings from Elohim direct your hearts and paths. I came across this You-Tube this morning and found it to be intriguing. Just a quick inspirational poem from a young Christian man (by comparison to me). I found that it made me think about how I prioritize my own life.

As a side note, there is ONE word within the poem that could possibly be conceived as a naughty word!  I don't believe it was meant to be naughty and is likely a culturally rooted acceptable word.

( you will likely not even conceive it as naughty, or miss it entirely! ). But, the message in the video is oh so relevant !  I think you will enjoy it.

God Bless !

b

NFL Star Don Davis: Making an IMPACT for Christ - CBN.com

Shalom Brothers and Sisters,

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post, and there is a plethora of information to offer you as ministry updates. We will do so throughout the coming week so please visit us again.

First, in an effort to address the several emails received regarding my recent health set-back.

Thank You very much for your prayers,hospital visits, and calls of concern. ( I'm doing GREAT )

Surgery was a success and went well, aftercare infusion treatments with my extended family at York Oncology was very bearable, and it appears that by all indications that I remain in a remission status.

So There!,....Praise God, for He is merciful to His Children!

Many of you (especially our Fantasy Football Fellowship) have heard me speak of N.E. Patriots Team Chaplain, former linebacker, and NFLPA rep., Don Davis as being a personal inspiration to myself and so many more. If you like, you can visit Don's website at Real Don Davis .

Just yesterday while reading Billy Graham's Decision Magazine, (Oct. 2015 issue) I came across a concerning article titled ' atheists Seek to Sack Football Chaplains'. 

How blessed we are to have groups such as Fellowship of Christian Athletes FCA and Christian leaders such as our brother Don Davis. Please pray in the Holy Spirit with me that the voices of FCA, leaders such as Don, and many more (including this ministry) will quell this newest initiative in Christian Persecution.

Below is a short You Tube with Don Davis as the guest on CBN's 700 Club. I think it will give you some insight as to the Passion for Christ possessed by Don and both collegiate and NFL Chaplains across the country. I pray it touches your heart in such a way that you may somehow support or advocate the presence of Chaplains within the realm of sports.

May God Bless You in Every Way,

b