Choose Life

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

Our GOD is a GOD who is always on the move! The possibilities are unlimited for each of us for what our heavenly FATHER wants to do in our lives! It doesn’t matter how young, old, rich or poor, we might be! It doesn’t make any difference if we are educated or uneducated or even if we have weaknesses! GOD can make miracles out of our messes because that is never too hard for our almighty GOD! 

As we continue on in our walk, let’s make the right choices; no one can do this for you. The choices are all up to you! We need to always trust GOD’S Word and take the appropriate action to be assured of His blessings!

Deut. 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.

In GOD, there are no dead-ends, only His Shalom for all new beginnings!

 

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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Youthful Attitude

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

As believers in MESSIAH YESHUA, we need to always maintain a youthful attitude, no matter how old we may be! Our usefulness to the Kingdom of GOD never ends, no matter our age. 

Laughter is always a good thing in life. Some of us have been hurt deeply and have emotional baggage that we are carrying with us. Don’t let laughter be buried under all that. Clinging to past bitterness and feelings of rejection can age us quickly. We need to lay all that down at the cross of YESHUA, by forgiving others and ourselves. 

And always remember that with each new sunrise, every morning is a new beginning; with each new day, we have another opportunity for our ABBA FATHER to help us smile and laugh! 

Psalm 103:5

He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagles.

As believers, we have the opportunity to take part in GOD’S work each and everyday, being a blessing to those around us. Never give up on your dreams and moving toward your goals. Remember, as soon as we settle for watching the world go by, we start to age!

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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Faith: A Gift From God

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

Hebrews Chapter 11, known as “the faith chapter,” is truly amazing to read when you’re really, really digesting it. It caused me to marvel at faith—the faith of all those mentioned as well as just in general. Faith is such an integral—one could say most important—element of our relationship with God. 

What is faith, really? This chapter in Hebrews starts out describing it as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). 

Later, those “things not seen” seem to point to things like a baby conceived in (very) old age (verse 11), a son, and then a whole people rescued from death (verses 17-19, 28), and most of all the promise from God of an inheritance: a better place…a better way…in essence, the promise of Himself (verses 8, 10, 13-16, 40; Hebrews 12:1-2). 

This faith is the belief that all of this is true, and that it is on these things we need to be fixing the eyes of our hearts and minds instead of on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2). And it’s there that we truly have hope. Actually glorious hope, as long as our gaze can be kept there. Sigh. So many distractions these days. But the most beautiful and glorious (and merciful) thing about faith is is that it’s a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9); so if we just receive that gift, and then walk with that gift in us, we are able not only to have our own wonderful (and pleasing to God) relationship with Him (Hebrews 11:6), but we can then also become part of the “great cloud of witnesses” who share Him and His love—this Living Hope—with the world (Hebrews 12:1; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Peter 1:3; Ephesians 2:10). 

In Jesus’s wonderful and precious Name. Amen.

(Written by a dear sister at L’Chaim.)

 

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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Believe the Impossible

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

In the natural world, many things are impossible, but in the supernatural realm with GOD, there is nothing impossible! GOD wants us to believe for great things—make big plans—then expect Him to do things so great that you will be left with your mouth hanging open in awe! 

We need to be bold in our asking; nothing is too big for our sovereign GOD! 

James 4:2 tells us we have not because we ask not. When our dreams seem overwhelmingly big and we do not see how to accomplish them, we need to keep in mind that even though we do not know the way, we do know the Way-Maker! His name is ADONAI, the Great I Am, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and The end! 

Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

Let’s be encouraged today to stretch our faith beyond our highest prayers, dreams, hopes and desires and then watch them unfold!

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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Win-Win Combination

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

GOD invites us (His children) to pray because He delights in providing for us and He stands ready to do so. But He wants us to come in faith and ask Him to accomplish His divine plan in our circumstances! Not knowing GOD’S will for our circumstances can hinder the effectiveness of our prayers. 

He says “yes” when our petition is in agreement with His purpose for our life. We need to pray GOD’S Word as much as we can! 

What I mean by that is we need to use a verse, a passage or principle in His Word to back up what we are praying for. If we are unsure what we are praying for is indeed His will, then simply ask GOD to give it to us if it is His divine will to do so and to help us be satisfied with His decision for us!

1 John 5:14

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us.

Petitioning GOD with specific prayers by faith, free of doubt and aligned with His will is a win-win combination! This will result in an affirmative answer from GOD every time!

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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