“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (Mt. 6:24) It is interesting to see that even though Jesus referred to Satan as “the ruler of this world” (John...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept… (Mt. 25:5) Back in 1978, the late Keith Green wrote “Asleep in the Light” a controversial song that shocked the Christian world because of its straight forward convicting lyrics that spoke directly to the sleepy, compromising western church of his day. The song was so full of passion...
"You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God". (Lev 23:42-43) Shalom from Jerusalem! Yom Kippur has just...
This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more." There are two wise old Jewish sayings that I think are important for our time, “The best way to prepare for the future is to...
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Yeshua the Messiah (Phil. 3:13-14). It has been a very busy...
Do we realize that we actually have a command to seek God? There are people in this world who seek a lot of things - fame, wealth, influence, power, etc., but there are not too many people who really seek God. Yet, seeking God must be man’s most important accomplishment. In fact, I believe that...
Dear friends of FZS, I have just returned home from Kathmandu on Monday morning only to learn that another 7.4 earthquake has struck Nepal once again on Tuesday, leaving scores dead and hundreds wounded. I have already been in contact with friends I met there and they say that people are in shock and disbelief and...
Israel a light unto the nations Israel has done it again… sending our best doctors, surgeons and medical staff along with all our own equipment to the ravaged country of Nepal for medical and humanitarian relief. I have witnessed firsthand the Love and Sacrifice these doctors and staff have made in order to produce such a...
My flight to Nepal on Tuesday was quite unusual, instead of normal passengers, the Turkish Airline flight to Kathmandu via Istanbul was filled with aid workers and search and rescue teams from many different countries including rescue dogs that were permitted on the plane. There were many conversations on that flight of past rescues and what...
Tomorrow we will be flying to Kathmandu, Nepal to join humanitarian relief efforts there after a devastating 7.8 Earthquake rocked the capital of Kathmandu killing and wounding thousands just as scale of devastation begins to emerge, while fears grow that the death toll will rise to as high as 10,000. We at For Zion’s Sake...