Beste vrienden, Dit is de periode van de grote schoonmaak. We leven nog maar een paar weken voor Pasen, het feest waarop we geen brood of andere producten eten waar gist in zit. We zorgen er zelfs voor dat er geen stukje brood in ons huis te vinden is. ‘Gedurende zeven dagen zal ongezuurd brood … Read more
What has drawn me back to have extended visits to the Land of Israel for the last 18 years when I feel it was an “accident” that I went there in the first place? The Land calls to me. The sights, sounds, and smells are imprinted on my soul. Why? I have no physical explanation. In the natural, there is nothing that would call us to this tiny stretch of earth. And yet, there is something very special about this place. There is a reason that it is called the Holy Land.
When Kim and Sondra invited me to join them for one of the final evenings of the CFOIC Spring 2019 tour, I hesitated. The tour was staying at a kibbutz on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and it was a long drive up from Karnei Shomron. It would be a long night, and I was already tired. But what harm could come from a few hours of missed sleep? I’m sure I’ll gain something from it, I thought. So I went.
The terrorists came on Shabbat night. Wind whispered through the quiet streets of Rechalim. The rustle of trees and the occasional hum of a passing car on the nearby highway were the only sounds in the small Samarian community.
Imagine being woken up at 5 in the morning by a wailing and threatening siren whose menacing tone rises and falls with the known signal of impending attack. It is the same sort of feeling that is experienced by families living near Gaza — those families have been experiencing sirens like this for years.
[:en]Well, it is the season of cleaning in Israel. We are just a few weeks before Passover, the holiday when we make sure not to eat any bread or leavened products, when we make sure that there isn’t even any bread in our homes.[:de]In diesen Tagen ist die Zeit des Saubermachens in Israel. Wir sind nur wenige Wochen vor dem Passafest, dem Feiertag, an dem wir darauf achten, kein Brot oder Sauerteigprodukte zu essen, an dem wir sicherstellen, dass es nicht einmal Brot in unseren Häusern gibt. [:nl]Dit is de periode van de grote schoonmaak. We leven nog maar een paar weken voor Pasen, het feest waarop we geen brood of andere producten eten waar gist in zit. We zorgen er zelfs voor dat er geen stukje brood in ons huis te vinden is. ‘Gedurende zeven dagen zal ongezuurd brood worden gegeten, geen gezuurd brood zal bij u gevonden worden en geen zuurdesem zal bij u in heel uw land gevonden worden’(Exodus 13:7). [:]
Beste vrienden, I schrijf deze brief in Australië, mijn negende jaarlijkse bezoek aan dit land. Ik begon CFOIC-Hartland meer dan twintig jaar geleden met een idee van een Amerikaanse christelijke vriendin. Mijn eerste christelijke vrienden en donateurs waren in het begin Amerikanen, maar ik begon contact te leggen met christenen vanuit heel de wereld die … Read more
We are encouraged to think about what we want to accomplish in our lives and then write it down, refer to it and continue to strive to reach those goals that we have set for ourselves. It is a Biblical principle that once we have recorded these dreams and aspirations, something supernatural will happen to help us attain them. You begin to see them in your mind, and then they start to come to pass in your life.
King Ahasuerus, ruler of 127 provinces and monarch of the great empire of Persia and Media, declares a lavish victory banquet in his capital city of Shushan, inviting all his citizens to partake of the decadent food and drink, and to bask in the glory of his riches and splendor.
We are all children of an Awesome G-d Who has enabled us to witness the fulfillment of prophecy in our own lifetimes. We have seen the restoration of the Jewish people after the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. G-d is orchestrating the final redemption and we have been invited to take part. Let’s let Him run the show and we will all be blessed in the process.
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