Dear Mishpacha (family),
It is such an honor to be able to write the newsletter every month to share my heart and to let everyone know what our Heavenly Father is doing within our community at Beit Tehila.
Once again, I remind you that this year will be a year of opportunities and friendships. I believe there will be divine appointments and new friendships for all of us to enjoy. I stressed that we are sons and daughters along with being priests. The Father wants us to have influence with the Jews of Israel and the churches. We also have influence with our family, friends, and co-workers. Keep practicing your faith and sharing about it when given the opportunity.
I had the privilege and was blessed to attend the yearly Prayer Summit for the third year on January 19th and 20th in Parrish, Florida. There were around sixty pastors and ministers that attended and it was a real blessing. Dennis along with his wife Marylyn were the facilitators. The Prayer Summit was founded in the Pacific Northwest of America but today it has gone global. A lot of the people that attended are a part of not only the “To Gather” event but the Minister’s Connection as well. For the past three and a half years I have been a part of the Minister’s Connection and attend the monthly meetings. I have made new friendships with local pastors and look forward to collaborating with them to further the Kingdom of God. This years “To Gather” event will be held at the Yuengling Center on May 24th on the Feast of Pentecost, mark your calendars you don’t want to miss this. We have so much to look forward to this year as we continue to be vigilant and the Watchmen.
I pray every day to be led of the Holy Spirit and to be obedient. I also thank my Heavenly Father for His constant provision and protection. My personal praise report is that I will be celebrating thirty years of living in the Hebrew Roots of the Christian Faith this spring. There is no better time than now to be serving and sharing your faith with others at Beit Tehila. One of the areas that we can all work on is our physical health and wellbeing. I have made quite a few changes in my life when it comes to my own personal health. For the past four years I have been jumping on my rebounder and I can feel the difference. Since March of last year, I have been walking three miles at a time and not only has it helped with reducing stress but I have been praying for the Brandon area. We are claiming Brandon for the Kingdom of God. I’ve had some blood work done to work on some of my physical wellbeing. Since early November I have purposefully cut out sugar and I know there will be great benefits for me personally. I occasionally still have it but I have never felt better. Radical times causes radical changes and I am open to that.
I know that the church is grafted into the Olive Tree that represents Israel but a lot of them don’t know or understand it yet. The Community at Beit Tehila is here to be a witness to the Brandon area. We have some exciting things happening in the month of February so don’t miss out. The Youth are also reaching out to other churches to worship together, the first Wednesday of the month at 7PM we are hosting “Raised Up” nights. Youth are welcome to come and worship the Lord, we are raising up the Next Generation. Hanoch Young, from Israel, and our tour guide will be with us on February 14th and 16th. I look forward to his visit with us and staying with me for a week. He has been going up on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem every week to pray and there are prophecies that have yet to be fulfilled. We are living in exciting times. On February 28th we will be celebrating Purim for our Shabbat Service at 11AM and then at 2PM to 5PM we will host the Israel Virtual Tour Event.
Please keep in prayer our Guest Pastors that will be coming to minister in the future and for those churches that we will visit to show our support. I will let everyone know who is coming and what church we will be visiting in the future. Pastor Joe with Destination Church had His Israel Guest Speaker Lieutenant Colonel Amit Grinfeld from the IDF on January 20th and 21st. I was able to see him and meet him for the Tuesday night service. It’s great to see the church open up to receiving Jewish guests from Israel. Pastor Joe while in Israel met Amit and was led to have him come to share at his church. Remember that Judah approaches Joseph in the last days.
Thank you for your faithfulness and commitment to the vision of Beit Tehila. Together we will build the Kingdom of God.
~Shalom Pastor Nick