God is about to open your eyes even in the midst of the most dismal circumstances.

"19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink." [Genesis 21:19 RSV]

God opened the eyes of Hagar when her son, Ishmael was near to death.  God showed her a well of water in the desert.  Everything you read in Scripture is prophetic and is relevant to your life today.  Even in the midst of this Coronavirus pandemic, God is about to open your eyes.  When your eyes open, you are going to be amazed with God's Divine Providence and Mercy.

Greatness is knocking on the door of your heart.  This is not a time to panic.  This pandemic will pass.  Let's use this as an opportunity to open the door to the greatness that is in each and every one of you by demonstrating acts of selfless loving kindness.  Cain asked the infamous question, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

"9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"" [Genesis 4:9 RSV]

The answer to Cain's question is a resounding YES.

Let's respond the way Mother Teresa lived her life.  She said, "Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs."

God is going to unleash greatness in your character and consequently bring you into a new anointing.  This greatness comes through engrossing yourselves in Torah study.  I invite you to join me for “Greatness is Knocking”

It’s time to change.  In order to advance, we must embrace change.

In the United States, we have springed forward one hour to daylight savings time (DST).   I wish we could have daylight savings time year round.  It’s not always easy to embrace change. We also see daylight savings time in the Torah when God caused the sun to supernaturally set for Jacob hours ahead of sunset to Torah Savings Time (TST).   

Jacob stayed in the place because God caused the sun to supernaturally set ahead of schedule.  When he slept in that place, he received a prophetic dream of a ladder connecting heaven to earth with angels ascending and descending upon it.  

I invite you to join me for “Embracing Change” on Thursday, March 12 @ 7:30 PM- Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.

I remember Earth, Wind, & Fire’s classic, September as I prepare this blog.  The words “Do you remember?” resonate throughout the song.  The words, “Do you remember?” also resonate throughout Scripture.

"14 And the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Am'alek from under heaven."" [Exodus 17:14 RSV]

"17 "Remember what Am'alek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, ... 19 Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the remembrance of Am'alek from under heaven; you shall not forget." [Deuteronomy 25:17, 19 RSV]

The words, “Do you remember?” are a reminder of replay.  It’s a prophetic replay.  These words replay in every generation.  Every time Amalek appears, replay is taking place.  Every time the Jewish people are about to move into destiny by returning to the land of Israel, Amalek attacks.  For example, when the Jews leave Egypt and are about to come into the Promised Land of Israel, Amalek attacks.  When the Jews are about to return from Persia to Israel, Amalek attacks again in the form of Haman.  We see a third replay in 1917 when the British government announces support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in the Balfour Declaration.  This time, Amalek attacks in the form of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

Last year, Los Angeles declared September 21, Earth, Wind & Fire Day. There is something very special about the 21st day.  The 21st day of Tishrei on the Hebrew calendar is the day in which God executes judgment upon the nations of the world.  Esther the Queen prophesies the hangings of 10 future sons of Haman in the Nuremberg trials.  The hangings of 10 Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity occurs on October 16, 1946.  Guess what day that is on the Hebrew calendar?  It is the 21st of Tishrei!  Ba de ya, say that you remember!

The words, “Do you remember?” should also resonate with your destiny.  During this season of Purim, you are coming into all the promises of God.  God is remembering and executing all His plans for good in your life.  I invite you to join me for “Do You Remember?” on Thursday, March 5 @ 7:30 PM- Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.

Everything you need to finding favor with God is already inside of you.  Like Esther, you don’t require anything more than what God has already given you.

"15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Ab'ihail the uncle of Mor'decai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her." [Esther 2:15 RSV]

When you go into the Presence of the King, you will find favor.  Esther found grace and favor in the sight of the king.

"16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasu-e'rus into his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti." [Esther 2:16-17 RSV]

Your turn is also coming.  The phrase, “if I have found favor” echoes throughout the Bible and this is the cry of our hearts as well.  You may have asked, "where else have I heard this before?”  I’m glad you asked.  It is found three times in the Torah.

"3 and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant." [Genesis 18:3 RSV]

"10 Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me." [Genesis 33:10 RSV]

"13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee and find favor in thy sight. Consider too that this nation is thy people."" [Exodus 33:13 RSV]

I invite you to join me for “Finding Favor with God” on Thursday, February 20 @ 7:30 PM - Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.

Genetic splicing is a term that refers to one organism's DNA that is cut apart and slipped into the gap of another organism's DNA. The result is recombinant DNA that includes features of the host organism modified by the trait in the foreign DNA.  Gene splicing offers many advantages for society. For example, scientists have added new genes to organisms to make crop plants disease resistant and even more nutritious.

We also see gene splicing in the Scroll of Esther like no other book in the Bible.  The Scroll of Esther cannot be read as a standalone book.  Everyone and everything in the book has splices of spiritual genetic material from other parts of the Bible.  Esther is my favorite book in the Bible because it connects Biblical concepts, people, and themes through spiritual genetic splicing.

"10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mor'decai had charged her not to make it known." [Esther 2:10 RSV]

Genetic Splicing will determine her fate or her destiny.  I invite you to join me for “Genetic Splicing in the Torah” on Thursday, February 13 @ 7:30 PM - Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.  The Scroll of Esther will shift you from mediocrity to greatness and make you more resilient in your destiny.

Time can have rippling effects on your destiny.  The first commandment that God gave the Jewish people in Egypt was the commandment to institute a new calendar.  This commandment was a gift to the Jewish people.

"1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you." [Exodus 12:1-2 RSV]

For 210 years, the Israelites lived in a sphere of time that was not their own.  After Joseph and his brothers died, their lives were filled with backbreaking bondage under Egyptian slavery.

"10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."" [Exodus 1:10 RSV]

During this sphere of time with bondage in Egypt, the time of the Israelites did not belong to them.  The days meshed into one another.  The days were monotonous and painful. In the life of a slave, there is no hope, no creativity, and there is no future of an expected end.  God gifted the Jewish people with the gift of time to bring about rippling effects of time.   Now they were given a purpose as God's chosen people.

Queen Esther was also a slave in a sense.  She was captured and chosen to become the wife of King Ahasuerus against her will.  Like her ancestors in Egypt, Esther also had to experience the rippling effects of time on her destiny.  Queen Esther experienced a time shift when she came into her destiny defining epiphany to restore the legacy and the anointing that her ancestor, King Saul lost.

"14 For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"" [Esther 4:14 RSV]

I invite you to join me for “The Rippling Effects of Time” on Thursday, February 6 @ 7:30 PM - Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.  The Lord will bring you into a new sphere of time that will have rippling effects on your destiny.

Have you ever questioned the existence of God?

[Exodus 17:1-2 RSV] "1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Reph'idim; but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the LORD to the proof?”"

The congregation of Israel asked this question when there was no water for the people to drink.  They questioned the proof of God even after experiencing the 10 plagues that God inflicted upon the Egyptians, the mighty deliverance from Pharaoh, the parting of the Red Sea, and the crossing the Red Sea on dry ground. We must learn how to keep the awareness of God’s Presence in our midst.

The Lord wants to infuse every aspect of your life with faith and purpose.  You will learn what the rabbis say about the proof of God’s existence.

The essence of trauma is abandonment.   Abandonment can lead to learned helplessness and orphaned destinies.

Jesus experienced trauma on the cross.

"46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" that is, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"" [Matthew 27:46 RSV]

Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses and helps us through our trauma.

"15 For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." [Hebrews 4:15 RSV]

Everyone of us has experienced some type of trauma.  Like Humpty Dumpty who had a great fall, God doesn’t put the broken pieces back together again.  Just as God commanded Moses to place the broken pieces of the first set of the Ten Commandments into the Ark of the Covenant, God is going to use your brokenness for His glory.  This brokenness becomes part of your anointing.

Trauma is not akin to fragility.  On the contrary, this brokenness can bring about hope and resiliency.  The key to healing the trauma is through remembering and connecting with the Lord.

"17 "Remember what Am'alek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way, when you were faint and weary, and cut off at your rear all who lagged behind you; and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the remembrance of Am'alek from under heaven; you shall not forget." [Deuteronomy 25:17-19 RSV]

I invite you to join me for “Is God With Us or Not? — Healing the Trauma in Your Soul” on Thursday, January 23 @ 7:30 PM - Breath of the Spirit - 1531 S Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA.  The Lord wants to heal the most vulnerable parts of your soul.  Come and experience healing from the trauma in your soul through the Holy Spirit. ​

The Lord’s goal in Creation is to fill it with His glory.