Anyone else feel a major Shift in the Spirit that reverberated throughout the World about 3hrs ago at all??

I’d love to know how God has been moving in your life the past week! Let’s hear your praise reports!

The Hebrew word hesed is one of the most powerful words used in Scripture to describe the love of God. It appears throughout the Old Testament and especially in the Psalms. The word itself is difficult to translate into a single English term because it carries a depth of meaning that goes beyond what we usually mean when we say love. Hesed describes covenant love. It is loyal, faithful, and committed love that is rooted in relationship and promise rather than emotion. When Scripture speaks about God’s hesed, it is revealing a love that is steady and dependable, a love that does not disappear when circumstances change. This kind of love is tied to covenant. God binds Himself to His people and remains faithful to them because of His own character. In Book of Exodus 34, when the Lord reveals His nature to Moses, He describes Himself as compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in hesed and faithfulness. This moment is important because it is God defining His own character. He wants His people to understand that His love is not temporary or fragile. It flows from who He is. The Psalms repeat this truth again and again. Many of them declare that the hesed of the Lord endures forever. This repetition is intentional because Israel experienced seasons of failure, rebellion, and hardship. In the middle of those realities, the writers continually reminded the people that God’s covenant love had not changed. A beautiful picture of hesed can also be seen in the relationship between David and Jonathan in First Book of Samuel. Jonathan made a covenant with David and asked him to show hesed to his family in the future. Years later, after Jonathan had died and David had become king, David remembered that covenant and sought out Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth in order to show him kindness. Mephibosheth had nothing to offer David and could not repay him, yet David honored the covenant and extended mercy and provision to him. This is a human reflection of hesed because it is love that remembers covenant and chooses faithfulness.

Today I have experienced so much warfare and at the end of the day, I’m choosing joy. The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy and I refuse to let the enemy steal my joy. What’s your favorite way to combat the enemy during warfare?

What did you guys cover in Sunday service this morning?