Rabbi Jack...
Deuteronomy 30:6 "Moreover The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love The Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live."
The purpose of T.V. Reality shows are to do one of two things; either to reveal what a person is truly like on the inside or to change something about them on the outside. In other words, these shows are designed to expose the flaws on the inside and outside, but they do nothing to change the person on the inside. Now exposing flaws or changing someone externally is not a bad thing. Sometimes we need our flaws exposed so that we can correct them. But if God had a reality show, do you think He would be interested in exposing our flaws to the world or do you think His priority would be to change our external appearance? God already knows our flaws, they do not need to be exposed to Him and second, God is really not interested in changing only our external appearance. What God is interested in is making us over on the inside which will ultimately change everything about us on the outside. When God wants to give us a makeover He starts with the heart.
Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?"
Yeshua is the Messiah, the Son of God - God in the flesh. You receive a new heart by understanding and accepting what Yeshua did for you; He died for your sins, was buried and rose from the dead so that you may have eternal life with Him in heaven. And when you confess your sin and receive Him as your Lord and Savior and accept His free gift of salvation, you instantly receive a new heart. This new heart gives you the ability to love God, love people and become a new creation in Messiah Yeshua.
If you have already had a heart makeover and received Yeshua as your Lord and Savior but you have not been loving God with all your heart, nor been loving other people especially your enemies as you are commanded to do, then maybe your body has rejected your new heart. I think then you need to come before the Great Physician for a heart bypass. In either case, if you have never received Yeshua as Lord and Savior, or if you need a heart bypass to get you past your sin and into God's righteousness, allow God to do a makeover on your heart today.
Hi Ellen here…
Do you have any regrets? I mean big regrets!!! I did but they have diminished since working out my own salvation through fear and trembling. I continue to have little pesky regrets like wearing the wrong outfit to an event or not putting on sneakers when journeying on rocky terrain (like here in Kenya) and there are so many I cannot list them but I am sure you know what I mean. As I was pondering on the subject of regrets I went to our heavenly Father and asked Him what He thought on this subject…
One very significant event came immediately to mind, Noah and the Ark. In Genesis 6 God said that He saw wickedness and evil in humankind and He regretted that he made man on the earth and that He was deeply grieved and we all know what happened after that. The other event that comes to mind is when Samuel regretted that he made Saul king. There are so many more in the Bible with David, Jeremiah and Peter and the rooster crowing three times. Maybe our regrets are not as earth shattering as these but still shaking our world. Rabbi spoke on opportunities versus excuses last Shabbat. If you were not there to hear the sermon, I suggest that you tune in to our YouTube channel. Why, because it may help with not passing up opportunities so that you will not suffer regret. I remember what my husband says… "The only thing I regret in life is not receiving Yeshua sooner." If you have not made this most important decision in your life, do it now! With Yeshua you will have no regrets, Amen!
Yours in Messiah Yeshua, "…while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Messiah Yeshua." (Titus 2:13)
Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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