|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

God is good. Whether we prevail or die. God is good. Victory for Yeshua was a cross. He didn't want it. It was the Father's will. Yeshua's victory was over the flesh, and thus sin and death. The flesh cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. So, unless I separate from the desire to save it, I will lose eternal life: Mark 8:34-38 NLT — Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” I can follow Yeshua to a cross an...

Samantha Stolz and I generally walk the Temple Mount each day we can (Sun-Thurs). We ask God what to (quietly and respectfully) ask him for each day. Yesterday, the Lord told us to ask for "blind eyes to be opened and prisoners set free." We decided to walk a new way through the olive groves and onto the upper courtyard from the north. I caught a new view of something we've seen 30-40 times in the last few months. There is always something new to see if I am willing to approach it in a new way. One thing you might not know: of all the religious sites in Jerusalem, there are a couple we consistently feel the presence of the Lord at. This is one of them. Despite all of the conflict, machine guns, and anger you can encounter here (and we have encountered them all), it is truly one of the most peaceful places I've ever walked. The Lord is there. It doesn't belong to anyone else. He is simply waiting for the people on earth to agree that this is the place His Son...