{"id":3637,"date":"2022-12-19T01:53:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:05:49","slug":"light-in-the-darkness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/light-in-the-darkness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Light in the Darkness…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Surely our great need is to have heart, to find strength, resolution, and steadfast determination to walk boldly during these heartless and depraved days (2 Tim. 3:1-5). We are not without God’s help, of course. Yeshua told us that the Ruach HaKodesh (\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1) would be “called alongside” (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) to comfort us on the journey. The English verb “comfort” literally means “to give strength” (from com- [“with”] and fortis<\/em> [“strong”]), an idea similarly expressed by the verb “encourage,” that is, to “put heart [i.e., ‘core’] within the soul.” In Hebrew, the word courage is expressed by the phrase ometz lev<\/em> (\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d1), meaning “strong of heart,” denoting an inner quality of the will rather than of the intellect. Ometz lev means having an inner resolve, a passion, and a direction. The sages say “the mind is the eye, whereas the heart is the feet.” May God be our Light and Salvation as we walk through the surrounding darkness…
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