Child of God

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

GOD manifests His love for mankind in many ways, including this beautiful earth filled with the wonders and promise of His care, protection and an offer of eternal life with Him!

GOD’S care of us also shows up through the transformation of His children (we, born again believers) conforming us into the image of YESHUA. (Romans 8:29 our verse for today!) 

In the beginning, GOD’S design was to make humanity in His image (Genesis 1:26). But this plan was disrupted when Adam and Eve gave into and fell for the temptation. Everything was lost: all their privileges in the Garden of Eden, but the greatest loss was their likeness to the Creator! 

A sinful man and woman can’t look much like a Holy GOD! GOD wasn’t taken by surprise, He provided salvation through His Son for all mankind! 

Romans 8:29
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Are you a child of GOD? Like any good father, GOD will be pleased and glorified by a child who resembles Him! 

With lots of prayers and true thanksgiving, shalom!

Love & Blessings,

Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Crossing Over

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

GOD created us all to be in a loving relationship with Him. But there is a gap between a perfect GOD and sinful man! The bridge across that gap is the Lamb of GOD, “YESHUA, our Savior!” 

The cross of YESHUA provided the way from alienation to reconciliation (the span across the gulf) to a holy GOD!                                  

YESHUA took the world’s sin upon Himself and underwent the punishment we deserved—for our sake. He gave His precious life because the penalty for sin is death. 

Because of GOD’S grace through MESSIAH YESHUA, any person wanting a relationship with ABBA THE FATHER can have it. Believing YESHUA’S blood paid our sin-debt is the only requirement for crossing that bridge debt-free into a new life (relationship) with the maker of this universe (ABBA FATHER GOD)!

2 Corinthians 5:18
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through YESHUA MESSIAH, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Have you crossed over that bridge? But how many of your loved ones and friends are still living in a state of alienation? They need to know there is a bridge to their heavenly FATHER! So if you have crossed it, wouldn’t you be a good guide for them and show them the way? 

We all need to have that personal loving relationship with our Maker!

 

Love & Blessings,

Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Shop in Heaven’s Grocery Store

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

I was walking down life’s highway a long time ago.
One day I saw a sign that read Heaven’s Grocery Store.

As I got a little closer, the door came open wide.
And when I came to myself, I was standing inside.

I saw a host of angels, they were standing everywhere.
And one angel said, “My child shop with care.”

Everything a Believer needed was in that grocery store.
And all you couldn’t carry you could come back the next day for more.

First, I got some patience, love was in the same row.
Further down was understanding, you need that everywhere you go.

I got a box or two of wisdom, a bag or two of faith.
I just couldn’t miss the Holy Spirit for He was all over the place.

I stopped to get some strength and courage to help me run the race.
By then my basket was getting full, but I remembered I needed some grace.

I didn’t forget salvation, for salvation that was free.
So, I tried to get enough of that to save you and me.

Then I started to the counter to pay my grocery bill.
For I thought I had everything to do my Master’s will.

As I went up the aisle, I saw prayer and just to put that in.
For I knew when I stepped outside, I would run right into sin.

Peace and joy were plentiful, they were on the last shelf.
Song and praises were hanging near so I just helped myself.

Then, I said, “Now how much do I owe?”
He just smiled and said, “Just take them everywhere you go.”

How much do I really owe?
He smiled and said, “My child, Yeshua paid your bill a long time ago.”

 

(Very Old Poem—Unknown Author)

May this bless you greatly!
It never gets old!

Have a wonderful day!
With lots of prayers & love, shalom!
Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman  😍 🙏

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Expression of Love

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

When GOD created the heavens and the earth, He wasn’t just trying to keep busy or do something constructive with His time! Look around, everything you see, He created it all just for you. All of creation is an expression of His true love for us!

Stop and think every time you see the sun rise each morning or watch the rain falling from the sky to water all the earth. Take a look at the green carpet of grass and all the array of beautiful flowers in bloom; it’s all for us to enjoy! 

In our Scriptures today, the apostle Paul knew how powerful and important a revelation of GOD’S love is!

Ephesians 3:17-19
Then MESSIAH will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of MESSIAH though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Meditate on these Scriptures today and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you this awesome love ABBA has for you, and receive the fullness of everything GOD has for you! Wow! Yes!

In Yeshua’s Name. Amen

 

Love & Blessings,

Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

It’s All About Attitude

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

In this life, your attitude makes all the difference. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy! Everyday we have trials and tests we all go through, but how we go through these trials and tests has a lot to do with their outcome! 

Keep in mind we have a very real enemy, “satan”, who roams around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). But he can never defeat a person who has an abiding faith in Messiah Yeshua, which certainly ought to produce a good attitude! An attitude of gratitude!  

As Messianic believers, we should always show others a good attitude; because if we claim to be believers in Messiah Yeshua,  you better believe people are watching us! Just because of that, our attitude is very important! 

Our attitude will either draw people to us or push people away from us! GOD’S Word tells us we are to be the light in a dark world ( and there is much darkness today), so let your light so shine to lead others to MESSIAH!                                    

Philippians 2:5
Let this same attitude and purpose and mind be in you which was in MESSIAH YESHUA.

Next time a situation arrives in your life, take the time to STOP 🛑 & THINK: “What would  YESHUA’S attitude be?” 

Why? Because the world around you is watching to see how a believer in Yeshua would handle that!!

 

Love & Blessings,

Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation