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Nugget of the Week April 22nd

The Believer’s Access to God When I think of access to God, I picture a servant approaching a king in his throne room and bowing before him. Paul spoke of “access to stand (a face-to-face position) in God’s presence. The Greek word for access is prosagoge, meaning “the act of moving toward or bringing to.” […] »

Sunday April 21: 16 Aviv

According to tradition, it was on this day that the angel of the Lord commanded Gideon to attack the Midianites as recorded in the book of Judges. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed […] »

Saturday April 20: 15 Aviv

Today is the 15th day of Aviv and the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matzah). According to the Bible and tradition, there are many very important events that took place on this day. For instance, tradition believes that it was on this day that God made the “covenant of the pieces” with […] »

Wednesday April 17: 12 Aviv

It was on this day that Ezra and his followers left the river Ahava, making their way to Jerusalem, as recorded in the book of Ezra. “Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, […] »