Building The House On Love

Listen as Derek expounds on the “love chapter” of 1 Corinthians 13. Love is not a gushy feeling, with as many up’s and down’s as a wild rollercoaster. No! Love is the power of sustainment and all that will remain when everything else around us collapses. It is the identifying mark of our loyalty as a disciple of the Master,…

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Please, Smile At Me

With another poke of the proverbial stick of condemnation, she sat alone inside the cage she had built for herself, with the bars of rejection she had received from countless people in her life, whom she thought loved her. As she stepped off the street to get a taxi home to her broken down rental, the words she had heard…

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Let Us Do For Him

Ever since the day that Sha’ul (Paul) came to visit us, one Shabbat afternoon, while living in Florida, I have felt so close to my brother in Messiah. I had been sharing some revelations that I received in the book of Galatians. I was sitting on the floor, passionately going through one of the chapters, and explaining what I had…

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Life As Usual

Standing in the kitchen scrambling eggs this morning, I was pondering and praying for someone who had just received a phone call from the doctor’s office concerning some blood work they had done just yesterday. They said for her to come in right away… At this, the words came up in my spirit, “It’s not life as usual anymore”. Three…

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Please, Dwell Together in Unity

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity –Like the precious oil on the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aharon, Running down on the collar of his robes –Like the dew of Ḥermon, That comes down on the mountains of Tsiyon. For there יהוה commanded the blessing, Life forever!…

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Lazarus, “COME FORTH”

John 11 contains probably one of the most powerful stories in all of Scripture – The raising of Lazarus. I remember my mom telling me the time she had gone to see the movie, The Greatest Story Ever Told. She said when it came time for the intermission, no one in the theater got up or even moved. You see,…

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The Journey Back Home

Shabbat Shalom! Today, December 21, 2013, is my 43rd birthday. Today, I have decided to begin a blog. I have always enjoyed writing and I believe it is time to expand upon what Yahuweh has placed in my heart. For now, this blog will remain basic with no flashy backgrounds, pictures, fonts and videos. For those of you that know…

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