4.30.25 Note From Pastor Bruce

Shalom L’Chaim Family,

We pray you are having a very blessed week!
We are looking forward to our monthly Oneg this Saturday and celebrating May’s birthdays!!

Please feel free to bring your favorite Hot or Cold dish in a thermal container or a crockpot or a cooler as there will be NO ACCESS to the oven. (Use of microwave only if necessary.) You may place your dishes & serving utensils on the long tables of food in the Fellowship Hall.

We really appreciate it if you would arrive with your dishes & serving utensils prior to the beginning of the Service!

After the Oneg please collect your dishes & serving utensils to take home (& clean at home)as there will be NO ACCESS to the kitchen to wash dishes!

We cannot keep any dishes left at the bldg. Please help us simplify the Oneg!

We appreciate donations placed in the blue baskets on the tables for the items L’Chaim purchases for the Onegs!

There will be coffee available AFTER SERVICES. If you would like coffee before services please feel free to use the coffee machine in the foyer!

We look forward to having Full Onegs on the First Shabbat of each month! (Other Shabbats will be BYOL (Bring your own lunch!)

We look forward to worshiping with you this Shabbat! 

If you have any concerns, please contact me.

Love and blessings,
Pastor Bruce 

Closing the Door on Bitterness

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

There’s a price to be paid for holding onto bitterness! Most people think that if their grudge is justified, they have the right to nurture it. Sometimes life can hurt, and anger does spring up, but that resentment can take a horrible toll on one’s life—in relationships, health and even with our fellowship with FATHER GOD!                      

Lingering bitterness will always bring destruction and harm to those around us. It breaks our fellowship with GOD and robs us of peace! It can lead to emotional isolation, frustration and anxiety. If left unattended, it can bring total fatigue and depression. And worst of all, it grieves ABBA!

He can not pour all His blessings on an angry person. As a child of God Most High (Elyon (Hebrew: עֶלְיוֹן‎ ʿElyōn), we have Kingdom work to do, and this will hinder that work!

Ephesians. 4:26
When angry; do not sin, do not ever let your wrath last until the sun goes down.

One thing is certain, letting go of anger will keep you from self-destruction! Ask for the Holy Spirit’s leading and  help with letting go of any lingering anger! You will put a smile on GOD’S face, and you will be filled with peace!

 

Love & Blessings,

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation