I ran across this story on gratitude in several sources. Rabbi Yisrael Salanter was a 19th century Jewish scholar involved in translating the talmud. Once, when Rav Yisroel was in Paris he was in a very fancy hotel. He ordered only a cup of water. When it was time to go, the waiter brought the…
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Merry Christmas?
God is truly with us – Emmanuel! Tonight begins the Feast of Tabernacles – Sukkot. A time of celebration and thanksgiving. Our Jewish friends celebrate God’s protective care and provision. The tabernacle also represents God dwelling in the midst of His people. Bless God who loved us so much. It has always been God’s amazing…
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Happy New Year!
Tonight starts the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish people have a civil new year and a religious new year. Which is why this new year celebration falls in the seventh month of their calendar. That's really not as strange as it sounds. As westerners, we have a calendar year starting in January -…
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Let it flow
Have you been filled from the fountain of living water? Jesus promised to supply living water and, if we’ve asked Him, that life now flows in us. The Holy Spirit, living and active, now resides in us. If you’ve been to the fountain and are filled with the living water, you are able to live…
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