Shalom Mishpacha!

Snow! Another round of the white stuff up here in the Foothills, this time about 9 inches. That’s OK, no snow expected this weekend! God is blessing Colorado with much needed moisture!

Millie and I read a word the other day from a prominent leader in the body of Messiah. She heard three words in her Spirit, EXPOSURE, EXPECTATION AND ELEVATION. We totally sensed that is what God has been doing over the last few years! He has exposed not only evil agendas at work in our world, but He has been faithful to expose in us, His children, areas in our lives that we have given into fear, judgements and believing old lies we thought were healed! We also have a deep sense of expectation, that God is at work, in situations around the world and also in our own lives and that we are going to see some incredible breakthroughs! Finally, as He exposes and cleanses us, and our expectations are adjusted, He will elevate us into greater levels of desire for His Presence than we have ever had! Father wants us to come UP, fix our eyes on the “author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” My friends, be encouraged and keep our gaze on where He is, praise Him for who He is and be faithful in what He has called you to do!

This Shabbat February 5th will be a special day for Or Chaim as we welcome one of our Tikkun leaders and a friend of ours, Todd Westphal. Todd is the senior leader at El Shaddai Congregation in Frederick, Maryland, and has been a great encouragement to us over the years. He is a gifted teacher and has a keen sense of awareness as to what is going on around the world, and how we are to navigate things. You won’t want to miss our service this Shabbat and even invite some friends! I read this the other day and think it is important for us to consider: “The danger of missing church (Congregation) is that soon you don’t miss it”. Yes, we live-stream and encourage those who are sick to stay at home, but we miss you when you are not in our corporate gatherings! The exhortations in Scripture are clear about not neglecting our meetings, and that we are to stir each other up and encourage one another …”and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” We will be having a potluck lunch following the service where we will have a Q&A time with Todd, a time of fellowship as we break bread together! Bring something to share!

The Men’s meeting that was scheduled for this Sunday has been cancelled! We will let you know when the next meeting will be.

Blessings and Shabbat Shalom!

Also, many have asked how they can give through our different donation methods…You can go to our Or Chaim Congregation website https://www.or-chaim.com and at MENU, go to GIVING AND TITHING and simply click the DONATE button and follow the prompts. Or you can text ‘orchaim’ to (833) 877-2788. You may always send checks to 23696 Pondview Place, Golden, Co. 80401.
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