Tranquil Heart

L'Chaim Messianic Congregation, Lake Worth Florida, Palm Beaches

Is it possible to be at peace when you are facing trying times (examples: your spouse wants a divorce or your young daughter just discovered she is pregnant or you just received a pink slip at work)?

Maybe you have fallen into a deep depression! Yes, GOD’S peace is available no matter how painful and hopeless your situation seems! Peace is not gained by manipulating circumstances. 

It is foolish and unbiblical to think you just have to rearrange your situation a bit to have everything be wonderful.

The only way to a tranquil heart is trusting in the LORD and His ways, no matter how messy life gets. With YESHUA,  we can have peace in spite of our trials!

John 16:33
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

YESHUA promised peace for those who trust in Him, and He always delivers on everything He promises. Let’s live one day at a time and follow our faith to that divine peace that only GOD can grant us!

Blessings,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our new location:

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation meets at:
OASIS CHURCH
16401 SOUTHERN BLVD
WELLINGTON FL 33470

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Take My Yoke

L'Chaim Messianic Congregation, Lake Worth Florida, Palm Beaches

YESHUA  knows firsthand the difficulties of this life and the heaviness of our burdens. When He left His heavenly home and came to this earth, He experienced it all. Our Savior offers to help us with every difficulty we face.

In today’s passage, we are invited to come to Him and take His yoke upon us and learn from Him. What YESHUA is describing is a lifelong process that entails getting to know Him—His perfect character, His priorities for life, and His plans for us to place ourselves under the yoke of His lordship. 

He promises here that a life of submission to His will fits us well and will provide us with relief from our burdens!

Matthew 11:28-29
Then YESHUA said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls.”

Come to YESHUA. You weren’t meant to carry your burdens alone; just ask and believe, and He will lift the weight!

Blessings,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our new location:

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation meets at:
OASIS CHURCH
16401 SOUTHERN BLVD
WELLINGTON FL 33470

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Bits & Pieces

L'Chaim Messianic Congregation, Lake Worth Florida, Palm Beaches

Even though we live in a fast-paced, stressed-out world, there are no shortcuts for spending time in GOD’S Word and its complete and intended context! We cannot just pull a Scripture out of context and apply it; if we do that, they will generally be misapplied! 

For instance, the apostle Paul did not intend for people to read his letters (Epistles) in bits and pieces! There is a complete message within each Epistle, as is true for every book of the Bible! The problem with bite-sized Scriptures is that if we’re not careful, these verses will be increasingly misapplied. The truth is that “all” Scripture works together to benefit us.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

By focusing on the Scriptures that make us feel good—Happy Scriptures—we can develop a false sense of contentment and an unsupported personal doctrine (verses mean what we want them to mean rather than what the author intended)!

Blessings,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our new location:

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation meets at:
OASIS CHURCH
16401 SOUTHERN BLVD
WELLINGTON FL 33470

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Spiritual Helper

L'Chaim Messianic Congregation, Lake Worth Florida, Palm Beaches

When YESHUA called His disciples, they immediately dropped everything and followed Him! We might think the MESSIANIC Believer’s life must have been simpler for them than for us. When He taught, they heard His voice, watching His interactions with people; they learned from example! 

Since HE isn’t here anymore, we can’t touch, see, or hear Him in the way they could, but YESHUA  left us a helper (the Holy Spirit ), who He promised would dwell inside us and be our guide! 

The RUACH HAKODESH does for us all the things YESHUA did for His disciples, as He guides our steps. The Spirit teaches us the truths of our heavenly FATHER. He enables us to change from the inside out so we can obey and serve the LORD. The Holy Spirit actually gives us the desire to follow GOD’S will for our lives.

John 16: 13A
However, when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth.

YESHUA  told us in the Word that it was to our advantage that He go away so He could send us our Helper! The more we yield to the Holy Spirit’s leading, the more victory we will have in our spiritual walk.

Blessings,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our new location:

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation meets at:
OASIS CHURCH
16401 SOUTHERN BLVD
WELLINGTON FL 33470

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Character of Yeshua

L'Chaim Messianic Congregation, Lake Worth Florida, Palm Beaches

The Bible refers to many different names of YESHUA, all of which provide strong insight into His character! In the gospel of John, we can find many such names for our “Savior & Lord”! In the Book of John, Chapter 10, YESHUA is called the Good Shepherd who protects His sheep (believers) at all cost, and His sheep know His voice and they follow Him. 

YESHUA is the door, the only way into Heaven! Whoever enters through the “gate” of MESSIAH will be saved! 

Next, YESHUA is the “vine,” our source of our spiritual life. We bear fruit when we are connected to YESHUA; if not, we wither! 

YESHUA is the way to happiness, SHALOM , joy, and eternal life with our heavenly FATHER! 

Last, He is the “life,” imparting to believers powerful, effective, and fruitful lives, not only here but also throughout eternity!

John 14:6
YESHUA said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

The scriptural names given to YESHUA tells a great deal about His character and Him being the second person of the Triune God in His full divinity and humanity! They all reveal who He was, is, and will be for ALL eternity!

Blessings,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our new location:

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation meets at:
OASIS CHURCH
16401 SOUTHERN BLVD
WELLINGTON FL 33470

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