Fall Feasts and Forgiveness

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman L'Chaim Messianic Congregation Wellington FL

Fall Feasts and Forgiveness

By Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

As the Fall feasts are upon us we need to be on our knees to truly understand forgiveness!

Forgiveness is not an optional part of OUR LIVES. It is a necessary part of what it means to be a Believer. If we are going to follow Yeshua, we must forgive. We have no other choice. And we must forgive as God has forgiven us—freely, completely, graciously, totally. The miracle we have received is a miracle we pass on to others.

We will forgive to the extent we appreciate how much we have been forgiven. The best incentive to forgiveness is to remember how much God has already forgiven you. Think of how many sins he has covered for you. Think of the punishment you deserved that did not happen to you because of God’s grace.

Yeshua said, “He who has been forgiven little loves little.” (Luke 7:47). Your willingness to forgive is in direct proportion to your remembrance of how much you have been forgiven.

Mark Twain said it this way: “Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet gives to the heel that has crushed it.”

You are never more like Yeshua than when you forgive. And you will never be set free until you forgive.

In His service,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman
L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our location:

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

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Holiness Is Not Gloomy!

People who think holiness is dull don’t understand what it really means. When you meet a truly holy person, you feel drawn to them because they are so much like God. We’ve all known at least one person like that—someone whose life radiates God in such a way that you were drawn to them. Such people are filled with contagious joy. This ought to be the usual experience of those know YESHUA. Holy people have holy joy.

Nehemiah Chapter 8 shows us what happens when God’s people rediscover God’s Word. Look at the end of verse 12. All of this happened “because they had understood the words that were declared to them.”

God’s message has come to us in words we can understand. We have a message based in fact and grounded in history, a message which may be understood. The Bible is revealed truth!

What has God said?
Read the scriptures and find out!

If the inner walls are not solid, the outer walls will not hold.

There is a warning in all of this that we must not miss. Outward success is never the final measure of any congregation or Believer. We’re not safe just because we are busy in our ministries or busy in our congregation—yes!

We do need to serve to keep L’Chaim healthy!

But just as in the days of Nehemiah, it is not enough to build the outward walls to protect ourselves against attack. The inner commitment to the Word of God is just as important. And if that is not there, the outer walls will not protect us.

Read Nehemiah Chapter 8 and be blessed mightily!!

In His service,

Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman
L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Our location:

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

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Stop Hoarding and Start Trusting

If you dig down deep enough, you discover that all our problems are theological. We have a wrong view of God so we act wrongly. We think God is a miser, so we hoard instead of being generous. We think God is stingy. We’re afraid God will bless us a little bit and then He’ll stop.

I’ve never met a man who trusted God too much.

God calls us to stop hoarding and start trusting. To get a new view of His grace and goodness, to catch a glimpse of God’s kindness to us. To see how much God our Father has already done for us in MESSIAH. Having been blessed, He calls us to be a blessing to others. We need not fear that in giving ourselves away, we will later regret it.

Billy Graham said he never met a man who regretted giving his life to MESSIAH. I will only add that I’ve never met a man who said he trusted God too much.

Do you want to be a world-class BELIEVER?

Jump back into the river—WITHOUT THE LIFE PRESERVER—of God’s blessing and become part of his plan to bless the whole world with the Good News of YESHUA MESSIAH. For all those who have been sitting on the banks, the message is, “Jump in. The water’s fine.”

From Keep Believing Ministries

Heavenly Father, forgive us for doubting your goodness. Sometimes we slander your name by hoarding your blessings. Give us a heart like yours. Break our addiction to the things of this world. You have blessed us in so many ways we can’t begin to count them all. Help us to get back in the river of your blessing and to give away gladly what you have given to us.

In YESHUA’S name, Amen.

In His service,

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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Prayer

I humble myself before You and confess my sin. Help me to die to self and walk in the victory of the new creation You have provided for me.

I rededicate myself to You wholly. I surrender my will to Your will. I give You back control of my life.

I claim Your promise of forgiveness and cleansing in its fullness. In faith, I receive the victory today that You have already put in place for me.

Help me to seek You first. Let my relationship with You be the most important thing in my life.

I pray for guidance as I listen for Your voice. Let me return to what is most important — You.

Help my attitude to change so that instead of focusing on others and events to meet my needs, I can turn to You and find the love, purpose, and direction I seek.

Thank You for always being faithful and extending Your grace to me constantly, even when I do not realize it.

Thank You, YESHUA, for helping me, loving me, and showing me the way. Thank You for new mercies, for forgiving me.

In the name of YESHUA my Savior, and with a grateful heart, Amen.

In His service,

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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Run to the Roman Torture Stake

Run to the Roman Torture Stake!

So to all of you, life being so uncertain for all of us:

If you want to go heaven, there is one thing you must do.
Run to the cross!
Run to the cross and lay hold of MESSIAH YESHUA!

Put your trust in Him, and when you die, you will close your eyes on earth and open them in heaven.

For those who believe in YESHUA death is not the end of life, it’s the only doorway that leads directly to heaven.

For some of our dearest friends, the battle is over!

Suffering and weakness have been swallowed up in the sunlight of God’s love.

They have gone where sickness cannot reach him, where old age cannot enfeeble them, where the pains of this life cannot assail them.

They are with the Lord forever.

They walked by faith for many years.

Now they walk by sight.

For years they dreamed of heaven.
Now they walk on the streets of gold.

For years they prayed to Yeshua.
Now they see Him face to face.

Our loss is heaven’s gain.

I am glad that heaven is a real place and that our family and friends have gone there. Of that, I have no doubt.

Finally, for all of us:

Let’s thank them for their love.
Thank them for their prayers.

C. S. Lewis remarked that Believers don’t say goodbye; we say, “See you later.”

Rejoice about our loved ones who have gone before us! We will see them ALL again.

Even so, Come, Lord Yeshua! Come soon. It’s in Yeshua’s Name I pray. Amen

In His service,

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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