Thursday, May 14, 2026
Beehive of Love
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Mind Control

Organized religion ("churchanity") is a hospital for sin sick sinners and a nursery for baby Christians. The Church that Jesus built is not an earthy organization; it's a Body of Believers seeking first the Kingdom of God. As it is written: The general assembly of God and church of the firstborn are registered in heaven (not a corporation registered on earth). - Hebrews 12:23
What is a Genuine Relationship With Jesus Christ?
Christians are not "saved" people telling others they need to "get saved," rather they are one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread. A genuine relationship with Jesus Christ requires discipline and maturity. The path to eternal life is a lifelong process which requires knowing, not just believing. Simply listening to a preacher talk about God is not spiritual growth.
Spoon-fed Churchanity teaches that "born again" is instant and one is "saved" by simply believing. But is that what the Word says? Even the demons believe... ~ James 2:19
Baby Christians can believe all they want, but nothing happens until they are mature enough to conceive to the Holy Spirit. Jesus was 30 years old before he requested baptism and received the Spirit of God (which is Holy). ~ Matthew 3:16
Let that sink in. Real Christianity is for mature people who go through the process of spiritual birth.
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
Isaiah 59

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities (teaching that God's Law is done away) have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. ~ Matthew 7:2
For your hands are defiled with blood, (murder) And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.
No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs (false doctrines) dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. (more evil)
Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands.
Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood (abortion); Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places.
We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them: In transgressing and lying against the LORD, And departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. (assassinations)
The Redeemer of Zion
Then the Lord saw it (organized religion - the Golden Calf of the 21st century), and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man (to make intercession), And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. (the coastlands means
no person or nation is beyond God's reach or authority)
So shall they fear The name YAHWEH from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the Lord. (Jesus is The Only Redeemer)
“As for Me,” says YAHWEH, “this is My covenant with them (those who keep the commandments): My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
Organized religion has completely forgotten God's Promise to Abraham, or they teach the promises pertain to the Jews. Only a remnant is seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. As it is written: Broad is the path that leads to destruction. In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, He emphasizes the choice between the easy, popular paths of organized religion's spoon fed doctrines, and the challenging path of righteousness.
Just to be clear on the definition of righteousness, it means to conform to God’s standard of holiness, (not a church creed) encompassing moral integrity, justice, and right relationships with God and man. It is both a state of being "right" before God through faith in Jesus Christ (imputed righteousness) and the practical, outward behavior that aligns with His commandments.
Let us hear the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, whether good or evil. ~ Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Monday, April 27, 2026
Communion vs Passover
- The Bread: Instead of only symbolizing the haste of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, Jesus stated the bread was his body, broken for his followers.
- The Wine: He identified the wine as the "blood of the new covenant," moving the focus from the blood of the paschal lamb to his own impending sacrifice.
- The Command: He instructed his disciples to "do this in remembrance of me," as an annual memorial of his death.
Yahweh explained to Moses how important the very first Passover was… it literally was the difference between life and death! Yahweh made Passover an ordinance forever. Contrary to popular custom, Communion is not an acceptable “Christian” substitute for a “Jewish” Passover. Christians are not commanded to keep Christ’s birthday or resurrection day. They are commanded to keep the true Passover of the Lord, and teach it to their children patterned after the example of Jesus as recorded in the Holy Scriptures.
The Lunar calendar is the one used to determine the dates of Jewish holidays (Not Yahweh's Holy Days). All 12 months are recorded in the Scriptures. There is no mention of a 13th month, or for that matter, a leap day or leap year. As it is written: Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.~Titus 1:14
Thus says the LORD: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. ~ Isaiah 1:14
The idea that the Jews have preserved a true biblical calendar is totally erroneous. And the Gregorian calendar with the “new year” starting in the dead of winter effectively hides the truth of Scripture.
The most reliable calendar in the universe is the sun because it never varies from its appointed course, and cannot be manipulated by man. It is so accurate that the U.S. Naval Observatory sets their atomic clock by the sun.
The Spring equinox is the beginning of months, the true Biblical New Year, just as the Autumn equinox is the first day of the seventh Biblical month. With these two immutable witnesses, we can be certain that we are following the correct time for the Lord’s appointed Feasts. The moon has absolutely nothing to do with keeping time, and is one of the erroneous assumptions that many people make because they believe the traditions of the Jews.
All the annual Feasts, or Holy Days, recorded in Leviticus 23 are SET from the Spring and Autumn equinoxes. The only Feast that “moves” is Pentecost (called the Feast of Weeks) which means “count fifty” days (or 7 weeks) from the day after the Sabbath within the Days of Unleavened Bread. Pentecost is always observed on Sunday.
My Church does not keep the Feasts of the LORD, so what do I do now? Find a group to fellowship with at Feast time... http://www.feastgoer.org/index.html
After serving a full supper meal on the evening (after sunset) of Abib 14 (April 3), clear the dishes from the table, and place some unleavened bread and fruit of the vine (this can be plain grape juice or red wine… both are “fruit of the vine”. Gather the family around the table, including the children… Passover is for the whole family. Read the following scriptures aloud.
The New Testament Passover - Just Do What Jesus Did
The Breaking of the Bread
Matthew 26:17-26
Mark 14:22
Luke 22:19
The Cup
Matthew 26:27-29
Mark 14:23-25
Luke 22:20
Matthew 26:30
Read Psalm 118:19-24
Sing verse 24 or another hymn from the Psalms
This
concludes the Passover service. Spend the rest of the evening
discussing Passover and praising Yahweh for so great a salvation.
Because HE has not forgotten us, we should not forget Him.
Likewise, when you observe the New Testament Passover by putting the blood of Jesus Christ over the doorpost of your heart, you are under His protection.
Passover is followed by seven Days of Unleavened Bread from April 4 to April 10
Passover
is such an important event that it’s the only Feast that God allows a
“make up”… on the 14th day of the second month of Ziv… May 3rd. Numbers 9:1-14
Christ is our Passover Lamb, not our Easter Bunny. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Follow Your Heart
By Dr. James Bruggeman • 22 Apr 2026
The world says: “Follow your heart!” Is that a good idea?
Let’s begin with an answer of “no.” Because God says: “He that trusts in his own heart is a fool…” Proverbs 28:26
Biblically, the heart refers to the inner man, the spirit, the mind, will, and emotions.
The psalmist recounts some of the history of Israel.
Psalm 81:12 So I gave them [disobedient Israel] up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
In other words, the people each “did their own thing.”
But there is a positive side to the heart. The heart that is centered upon, and focused upon, God’s law is to be sought and guarded.
Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4:4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from your eyes; keep [Guard] them in the center of your heart.
Proverbs 4:23 Keep [Guard] your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
In our Lord’s parable of the sower, we find out what kind of heart brings forth Christian fruit.
Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Then the apostle Paul assures Christian believers that when we follow after God and His law/word, He by the Spirit dwells within us!
2 Corinthians 1:22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
For centuries, ancient Israel disobeyed and forsook their Maker and thus suffered the consequences of disobedience, but Jeremiah prophesied of the time when (after the coming of the Messiah), there would be a new way open by faith in the Messiah, and it would entail and include a change of heart.
Jeremiah 31: 31 Behold, the days come, says the LORD [Yahweh], that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, says the LORD [Yahweh]:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD [Yahweh], I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
This is echoed in the New Testament by the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews:
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Returning to the titular question, should we “follow our heart?” The biblical answer is... only when we are following after God and His righteousness with all our heart.
~END~
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Friday, April 17, 2026
Testimony
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Guardian Angels
- Key Scripture: Hebrews 13:2 (NKJV: "Don't forget to entertain strangers: for some have entertained angels without knowing it."
- Meaning: It emphasizes hospitality to strangers, suggesting that kindness towards others may, in unknown ways, be a service to heavenly messengers.
- Context: The verse reminds Christians to show love for fellow Believers, and also serves as a general command for hospitality and charity.
- Biblical Examples: Historical examples include Abraham (Genesis 18) and Lot (Genesis 19), who both offered hospitality to angels disguised as humans.
- God: Holding the original blueprint of my life.
- Michael: The strategist and protector (the "Results" guy).
- Gabriel: The communicator (the "Purpose" guy).
- Raphael: The healer (the "Well-being" guy).
The takeaway? God is not judging our "failures"; He's brainstorming ways to help us see our value and strength in Christ. Just ask. As it is written: "Ask and you shall receive." Jesus promises in Matthew 7:7-8 and Luke 11:9-13 that those who ask, seek, and knock will receive, find, and have doors opened, emphasizing God's willingness to give good gifts.
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