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

A Tool for Love

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

There is no one who doesn’t want to be loved, and GOD makes Himself known through His love! This is a good reason to know how important it is to the heart of GOD for us to focus on expressing His love as we are ambassadors for MESSIAH to draw others to YESHUA!

This is such an amazing truth that we are YESHUA’S personal representatives here on earth, and He is making His appeal to the lost through us.

Everyone in this dark, fallen world is looking for genuine love. And when we let the love of GOD flow through us, we are representing MESSIAH in the best way possible! 

Let the Holy Spirit guide you as you go out and encounter people in your sphere of influence, and show all the fruit of the Spirit—patience, kindness, goodness, love, just to name a few!

2 Corinthians 3:2
You yourselves are our letter of recommendation (our credentials), written in your hearts, to be known (perceived and recognized) and read by everybody.                  

Remember, everywhere you go today, you are representing YESHUA  to the people around you! Let’s do it with love!

 

Love & Blessings,

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Love Them Anyhow

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

As believers, we must learn to get along with one another! We are going to have to learn to put up with some things we do not like. All the people around us everyday are not going to think, speak or act the way we might want them to!

But letting offenses go is part of what we must do as members of the body of MESSIAH! Not everyone is going to be or do what we want, but we can love them anyway! 

We must have a “holy fear” of pride and be very careful of judging others and of being critical of them.      

Galatians 6:2-3
Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of MESSIAH. For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.                              

So when we look at those around us today, let’s keep in mind that they too were created in GOD’S image, the same as you and I. 

As the Scripture today instructs us, we are to bear one another’s burdens as though they were our own! What can you do today for a fellow sister or brother in the LORD who may be hurting?

 

Love & Blessings,

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Selective Hearing

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

Through MESSIAH and the power of the Holy Spirit, GOD wants to speak to us on a one-on-one basis everyday! He wants to lead us step-by-step to the good things He has in store for us! He cares about the tiniest details of our lives. He even keeps track of how many hairs we have on our head (Matt. 10:30).

But sometimes we choose to turn a deaf ear to what we know the LORD is clearly saying to us. We only hear what we want to hear! You could call that “selective hearing.” 

We desperately need to get in His presence in prayer and mediation of His Word spending time with Him and then take the time to be still so He can speak to us! He is ready to fill your heart with His thoughts and the goals He has for you to live a victorious life in MESSIAH 

John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”                         

When GOD created us, He gave us two ears and one mouth; there was a reason! Let this be the day you start listening to that still, small voice (the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us). Abundant blessings will follow!

Love & Blessings,

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation

Embracing Peace

Encouraging Words with Pastor Bruce & Suzi Elman

Having an attitude of peace and calmness is priceless! It’s an attitude that says, “I’m trusting GOD!” It speaks powerfully to the people around us! 

We need peace and calmness more now than ever before, living in times such as this! 

One way to develop consistent peace is to learn to live “in the now.” We need to let go of the past and not be concerned about what the future holds! Our minds need to be focused on today. 

The Bible tells us that our heavenly FATHER gives us just enough grace for each new day while here on this world! That grace (GOD’S unmerited favor) is the power enablement or energy to do what we need to do for the Kingdom of GOD!

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward us, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

So, we need to learn to trust GOD “in the now” and receive His grace that we need for each and every new day! He gives us a new supply with every sunrise! 

Let your life be a message of peace in your corner of the world, and let your light so shine for YESHUA, our LORD & SAVIOR! 

We are His representatives here, and people are watching us!

 

Love & Blessings,

Pastor Bruce and Suzi Elman

L’Chaim Messianic Congregation