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His Secret Agents…

We think of the word Christian as a religious term. The word comes from Christianos, which was given to believers in Antioch. It wasn’t a religious term, but used to refer to Jesus’s people, party, or partisans in the same way that they would speak of Ceasar or Herod’s partisans.

Political parties try to affect the world and change things. We are Jesus’s party. More than anything, we’re to be affecting and changing the world. Unlike the political parties of the world, we have the true power to change it.

We’re the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and if you’re not affecting the world, you’re not doing your job. Are you leaving circumstances better, worse, or just the same as when you entered?

We’re Jesus’s partisans, His party, His people, His agents on earth. We have the potential and power to make a difference. You have the power to change your circumstances, your homes, your neighborhoods, your family, your relationships, and your world.

The Lord made you different so you could make a difference. You are Jesus’s partisan, an agent of change.

Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.  1 Peter 2:10

Be Jesus’s agent of change. Make a difference in your world and the lives of those around you today.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Huppah Children…

In the Gospels, we’re called friends of the bridegroom. That Greek term means children of the bridal chamber, which is a translation of the Hebrew idiom Bnei HaChuppah, meaning children of the huppah. Huppah is the wedding canopy over the bride and groom.

The children of the huppah are those who are closest to the bridegroom. If you’re born again, you’re a child of the huppah, one who is close to the bridegroom.

Most bridegrooms are joyfully looking forward to the wedding. The closer you get to them, the more joy, excitement, and blessing you have.

There are many believers who claim to be close to Jesus, but they don’t have joy or excitement. The true children of the huppah are those believers who are filled with joy, love, and excitement.

If you find that lately you don’t have a lot of joy, get your eyes off yourself and get close to the Bridegroom. When you get really close to the Bridegroom, you won’t be able to hold back the joy, love, and excitement of the Bridegroom. It will fill your heart and life as a child of the huppah.

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. John 3:29

Draw closer to your Heavenly Bridegroom today, spend quiet time in His Huppah, the Marriage Chamber.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The End-time Olive Harvest…

When the autumn harvest of Israel draws to a close and reaches its final month of Elul, the harvest of the olive begins. The olive tree is a symbol of Israel.

Romans 11 speaks of Israel as an olive tree of the day when it’s going to blossom together when the Jewish people come back to Jesus.

That’s happening now. It’s the time of the olive tree, beginning to blossom. The harvest is nearing its end. When that happens, it’s the ending of the age. Olive oil is also a symbol of God’s Spirit.

The end-times are marked by the Jewish people coming back to Jesus and the outpouring of God’s Spirit. It’s no accident that in the same age in which Israel is coming back, God’s Spirit is being poured out all throughout the nations.

It means that the last days aren’t just times of trouble but of the olive, redemption, and God’s Spirit. Pray for the redemption of Israel and live, move, walk, and shine in His Spirit. It’s a great combination, for the end days are the days of the olive.

The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.  Matthew 25:4

Invite God to pour His Spirit over you like oil today and pray for the redemption of Israel.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Moses Biggest Obstacle…

When God called Moses, the biggest obstacle in the calling of Moses was Moses. He said, ‘Oh, but I can’t, I’m too slow of speech’. God’s saying, ‘Forget about you, it’s not about you. It’s about Me.’

When God called Jeremiah, he said, ‘I’m too young’. It sounds humble, but it’s not. You can’t fulfill your ministry, only God can. We like to think that our situation, or lack of opportunity, is preventing our calling.

No, the biggest obstacle in your calling is you. Maybe you haven’t answered yet, or God called you one way, and you went another. Whatever it is, know this: there’s nothing that can stop your calling except you.

If God calls you, there’s no lack of calling on His part. Know that you’re in good company because Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Peter were all the biggest obstacles in their calling. That’s good news because they all ended up getting themselves out of God’s way, and you can do the same.

Start walking the high calling God gave you because if we can be the greatest obstacle in our calling, we can also be the greatest breakthrough.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name, the Father will give you.  John 15:16

Have you gotten in the way of your own calling? Today, get out of God’s way and allow Him to move through you to accomplish His calling in your life.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

One Step Ahead…

Good morning. As dawn breaks and a new day unfolds, we’re reminded that God is already ahead of us, making a way where there seems to be no way. Today, let’s dive into a timeless promise that has fortified countless believers through trials and tribulations.

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.   Exodus 14:14

Life’s struggles can be daunting, sometimes making us feel like we’re backed up against an impenetrable wall with no way out. The Israelites felt the same when they were trapped between Pharaoh’s army and the Red Sea. But God told them to be still; He was fighting for them. This story isn’t just a historical event; it’s a spiritual blueprint. The same God who parted the Red Sea is fighting your battles today.

“Being still” isn’t about inactivity but about spiritual posture. It’s relinquishing control, letting go of our urge to fix things, and giving God room to move mightily on our behalf. When we do that, we create a spiritual environment where miracles can happen. Being still is actually a courageous act of faith, making space for God to show up and show off His power.

Peace is not the absence of trouble but the presence of Christ.

Father, I come before You with a heart overflowing with gratitude. Even in my weariness, I know that You are my strength. Even when the way forward feels uncertain, I know that You are my guide. Help me quiet the doubts and fears that try to steal my peace. Replace my striving with a deep trust in Your perfect plan. Let me find rest in the knowledge that You are fighting for me, working all things for good, even when I can not see it. Fill me with Your joy that transcends my circumstances and a hope that anchors me through every storm. May I walk boldly today, knowing that Your love surrounds me, Your power works within me, and Your victory is assured. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Mayflower Prophecies…

In school, we learned about the Puritans but never learned of the very prophetic side to them. Long before Jews for Jesus and Messianic congregations, the Puritans were saying that one day there would be a revival, and the Jewish people would come back into Jesus.

From as early as 1620, articles on the Messianic revival to come appeared in the ‘El Naton Par’. It said the Jewish people would come in, causing gentiles to come in. It’s happening now! More Jewish people have come to Jesus since Jerusalem came back to Israel than at any other time since the Book of Acts.

In fact, this ministry is part of the manifestation of Jew and gentile, one in Jesus. It was all prophesied by the Puritans because the Bible prophesied it thousands of years before.

You’ll never be ashamed staying true to the Word of God. Whatever the Bible says will happen. We’re part of prophetic purposes, written centuries and thousands of years ago.

Don’t just hang out-live a life worthy of one of the very high, holy, prophetic end-time purposes of God. Live that way!

And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  Colossians 3:17

Pray for revival, spread God’s love, and fulfill your end-time purpose.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Shalom Bride…

In the Hebrew marriage, when the woman accepts the offer of marriage from the groom, she becomes the bride. She’s not of her old house anymore. Her purpose is to prepare herself, say goodbye to her old life and home, and get ready for a better place. She’s the goodbye girl, or ‘the shalom bride’. Her purpose is to leave.

In the same way, if you’re born again, you’re now the bride. It’s not the marriage yet, but the world’s no longer your home. You’re not here to get rich, famous, popular, or more comfortable; you’re here to say goodbye.

Learn how to say goodbye to your possessions, your past, your ego, your reputation, your old self, your burdens, and your flesh. This world used to be your home, but it isn’t anymore. You have something better.

In Hebrew, shalom not only means goodbye but also hello. Every time you say goodbye to something in the world, you’re saying hello to something in heaven. You’re getting ready to receive the blessings of your new house; the house that will never pass away.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.  1 Peter 2:11

Say goodbye to your past or anything else you need to say goodbye to – and welcome in your blessing from heaven.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Dream Harvest…

One of the most amazing and peculiar things about the Jewish people is that for two thousand years, they’ve celebrated the harvest feasts, giving thanks to God for harvests that didn’t exist, sacrificial lambs that were no more, and a Temple that was nowhere to be seen.

It would be as if we celebrated the Fourth of July, but there was no Revolutionary War, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, or nation known as the ‘United States’.

The Jewish people celebrated their nation, which didn’t exist until it did. If you’re born again, you’re part of the commonwealth of Israel. You have to learn to be just as crazy and celebrate that which is yet to come as if it already has.

In the middle of the battle, celebrate the victory. In the middle of the need, celebrate the answer. When you have no reason to celebrate, give thanks and hold your festival. Do it anyway, and God will give all the reasons you need.

For in it, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘But the righteous man shall live by faith.’  Romans 1:17

Give thanks and celebrate the answered prayers that are yet to come.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Created Equal In His Image…

When you look at yourself in the mirror, what do you see? How about when you look at your children, your neighbors, or even the checkout clerk at the grocery store, what do you see? Do you see love, compassion, and hope, or do you see something else?

God created us all in his image, out of love and compassion. He gave us hope and eternal life through His son, Jesus. Yet, today, so many have a problem seeing this in their everyday life. Has our world changed so much that we have lost the truth of life? Or have you?

Ask yourself if everything you do in life today reflects the Christian values you were raised on or the Christian values you took on when you asked God to be your Savior. Everything! If not, what has changed in you? What are you going to do about it? Have you lost all empathy?

We now live in a divided country, pushed to extremes by the media we read and listen to, along with the politicians, and we have not pushed back. I wonder why. Are we so out of tune with ourselves that we can let the outside world control our every thought and move? I sure hope not, but when I see all the hate and mistrust, the racial divide, the lack of compassion in people and the total self righteousness in defending all these actions I wonder where we have let ourselves get to. There is nothing that is stopping us from turning this all around, but us.

God had a reason for creating us in His image. As a Christian, the Holy Spirit has entered your body and resides within you. Are you following the path God is leading you down, or are you using free will to take your own path?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

So I ask you again, when you look in a mirror, or at your children or at your neighbors and friends what to you see? That face looking back at you just may be the face of God. As I said, we are created in His image for a reason, and that reason is to remind us that He is with us every step of the way, every minute of He is love and so must we be love! So take a close look and see if you are living as an example of what He expects of you.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always

Ed

The Seventy Sevens Of Jesus’s Sabbath…

God put the Jewish people in exile for 70 years because for 490 years, they hadn’t celebrated the Sabbath years. They were supposed to rest the land every 7 years- the Sabbath year. So He sent them into captivity, letting the land rest.

This tells us that rest is not an option in the Lord. Time in His presence is an incredible privilege, but it’s also a necessity. Without it, everything else falls apart. In the Book of Daniel, God says, “I’m going to give you 70 times 7, 490 years, until Jesus comes.”

Jesus is linked to the Sabbaths because He’s the Prince of Peace and Lord of the Sabbath. It’s in the Sabbath of God’s presence that we find healing, restoration, fullness, and blessing.

As much as you need bread or water, you need that – without it, you’ll wither. You can only find it in Jesus, and you don’t have to wait 490 years to find Him.

You can find Him right now. Enter His presence now, for there you will find the Sabbath and the completion of your life.

Now, may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times, in all ways. The Lord be with you all.  2 Thessalonians 3:16


Enter the Sabbath of Jesus. Dwell in His presence and receive of His fullness.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always

Ed