Why do we choose to live in community? Living closely with one another, and encountering each other daily, inevitably leads to friction. By living in community, we intimately get to know our brothers and sisters in the Lord. We commit to living in the light, receiving genuine feedback about ourselves without fear of harming our relationships.

Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Day of Trumpet in the Bible, is a unique holiday marked by the resounding blast of the shofar, an ancient musical instrument with deep symbolic significance.

Bartimaeus was a simple man. He was blind, a beggar, and much like I was before I met Jesus. I wandered through this world blind to the truth, seeking people's approval and praise, while constantly, trying to piece together purpose and destiny for my life through them.

Wait a minute, does he believe or not? Even those who believe with all their heart have a place to grow. In the Kingdom of God, grace, love, and our potential for personal growth are endless. Whether in times of abundance and peace, scarcity and adversity, our hearts cry out, “Lord, help my unbelief!”

One's life is a collection of many different elements - looks, actions and choices, belief systems and more. The way we behave points on what we believe - about ourselves, about others and about God.

Amidst recent challenges, including health issues, strained relationships, and doubts about my purpose in life, negative thoughts begin to take hold. These thoughts, cause me to question if I am fulfilling the will of God or producing eternal fruit, and often lead to moments of sadness, fear, and hopelessness.

What kind of dwelling place can we establish for God in our time? Is it the church building? Is it our ministry's workspace? And what about those who lack a physical structure, those whose ministry is not confined to an office?

Imagine holding a tiny seed in the palm of your hand. Within its small form lies the potential for life and growth, but to fulfill that potential, it must undergo a profound transformation.

Israel is the firstborn among the nations, the beloved Son of God. Israel did not exist as a nation, like the rest of the nations, but was rather created by God himself, for Him, and for His purposes.

In today's world, we all long for something that makes us feel truly free. We want to live our lives without feeling constrained. Advertisements and commercials often try to convince us that they hold the key to happiness and freedom.

In our journey of faith, the importance of living in the light and embracing the power of community cannot be underestimated. Just as a garden flourishes under the sunlight, our spiritual growth is nurtured when we immerse ourselves in the light of God's truth and surround ourselves with a supportive community of fellow believers.

The fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22 are qualities that reflect a life transformed by the Holy Spirit. When we consider the importance of this passage in connection with Israel's calling and Yeshua's redemptive work, we desire to also cultivate the fruit of the Spirit in our own lives. As we conform to the image of Yeshua (Romans 8:29), we wholeheartedly embrace

Our primary calling as believers is to be conformed into the image of His Son, Yeshua. To truly allow this transformation to happen is to be honest with God and others, allowing God to change us through His body of believers.

It was in the midst of the favelas, the sprawling slums of Rio de Janeiro in the midst of violence, poverty and despair that I found new life through the transformative power of the blood of Jesus and it gave me purpose and meaning.

We, as a One New Man community living in Israel, will be sending a team to favelas in Brazil in August. In places like the favelas, young people, and even children, often perceive the power of weapons and involvement in crime as the only means for safety and for securing their future.

All the heroes of our faith, including Abraham, were human beings just like us. They experienced real thoughts, lusts, lies, doubts and fears, just like we do. But in the Bible we read about Abraham and despite all of the feelings and thoughts he experienced, he still chose to believe in God

As parents, we can relate to the joys and challenges of raising children. We have experienced moments when our kids ignore our guidance, get angry, and test our patience. Some have even experienced rejection, separation, and loss of relationship. But even in those difficult times, there is an undeniable longing within us for their return.

Tonight begins Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. In Jewish tradition, it is a time culminating in the counting of the Omer, which signifies the days following deliverance from Egypt until the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

Ephesians 2:8 summarizes our faith in simple terms. It says, "We are saved by God's grace through our faith, and this salvation is not something we can achieve on our own—it is a gift from God."

Love is often described as one of the most powerful forces in the world. It has the ability to bring people together, heal wounds, and change lives. As the Bible tells us in Corinthians 13, "the greatest of these is love." But what does it truly mean to know Yeshua through love?

What makes a father a father? The fact that he has a son or daughter! “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 From the moment we accept Yeshua into our lives, we receive the status of sons. The Lord invites us to become His sons and daughters, to receive the same status as Yeshua.

As we are now in the third week of the Counting of the Omer (Leviticus 23:15), which takes place between Passover and Shavuot (also known as Pentecost), we are reminded of the Passover Lamb, sacrificed during the time of the Exodus.

As we approach the end times, it is crucial to help youth strengthen and establish their identity in the Lord. Satan is on the prowl, mightily attacking the next generation, trying to steal their identity and purpose in the Lord. However, as believers, we know that our identity is in Christ, and we are sons and daughters of God.

Israel is in full bloom during the Passover season. All across the country, the land is green, lush, and full of new growth. It is a time where we celebrate liberation from slavery in Egypt as well as the onset of spring. It is a time for us to reflect on the death and

Finally, it happened! The Israelites are out of Egypt! They are free at last! They are standing at the door to a new future, a new land, a land of freedom. The plagues are over, slavery is over – there is probably much excitement in the air. 

Here, right now, at the Retreat Center “L’Oasis” in the South of France, we are preparing to welcome our dear friends from Revive Israel for a powerful celebration of Passover/Resurrection: "Freedom from Oppression”, a 6-day camp that will take place from April 7 to 12 with youth and staff from Israel, France, Cyprus, Germany, America… 90 of us…

Next month in Southern France, a group of French and Israeli (Jewish and Arab) will be gathering together during the Passover holiday. The camp’s theme is “Liberation from Slavery!” Similar gatherings have broken down barriers between teens from diverse, even hostile, cultures and backgrounds and forged lasting bonds of love and friendship.

Passover is an exciting time at the Oasis Christian Conference Center in Southern France as teens come together from France and Israel at Camp Conexion, a place where they grow together as family. It is more than a conference center and so much more than a week-long camp. It is a place of healing and refuge. It is where young people come together and develop relationships that impact them for a lifetime.

The central principle in the story of Purim, the story of the Book of Esther, is that of opposites. This is reflected in the custom of dressing up on Purim: we dress up, to transform our identity into something else – to disguise ourselves from something different than what we are.

Revive Israel Community is reaching out to Messianic single mothers and their young children, the widows and orphans of today. The stories we hear break our hearts, and we see so many young believers growing up without fathers who have left home or divorced their mothers. These single mothers struggle to make ends meet.

Israel has made a covenant with Syria. Well, not exactly today's Syria, but it was Jacob (Israel) who made a covenant with Laban, who could be the ancient father of Syria. God blesses Jacob as he works for Laban the Syrian, Jacob becomes rich and has children from his two wives, Leah and Rachel.

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24 NIV) Today’s world tells us to emphasize and empower ourselves, to advertise how beautiful our lives are, to shout out on social media how talented we are: “It’s all about me.”

Recently we explored the parable of the "Prodigal Son" together in the discipleship program. Jesus tells three parables about things that are lost: a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son - prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32). In the first parable the lost, hungry sheep is in danger of never being able to return to the flock. In the second parable, the owner of a lost coin searches even in dark places to find it.

I am a Jew who was born and raised in Israel. My family has been here in the Land for more than a century, and my father's family was murdered in Europe during the Holocaust. Growing up in Israel, the cross was a symbol of evil for me; something foreign, distant, and alienated from everything I loved.

We must give God's love. We receive God's love, but not only for ourselves. We must be a conduit of God's love and share it with others. To give His love to those on the street who need it most, to the ones who have nothing. Jesus said: He who believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from him. – John 7:38

God predestined for us to be like Yeshua – this is the calling of every believer. As Disciples of Yeshua, we walk in His ways. We are called to model Him in our lives. We are not called to be God ourselves. But, as Scripture clearly says, and is our calling, we are to embark on a journey of internal change with the goal of conforming to and reflecting the image of Yeshua.

I always felt the pressures of this world weighing heavily on me, and negatively influencing my life. I tried many things to escape the pressures of this life, most of which just left me in despair. I knew I was in an unhealthy environment and needed a way out. I contacted one of the Messianic leaders in my community and said, “please take me away from here, I need to get away from here”.

Meet Raphael Almeida, a worship leader and a beloved part of the Revive Israel Community with a passion, vision, and heart for worship! Raphael was born in Brazil but made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel with his family as a young boy. Today, he is married with two small children. From a young age, Raphael loved music and worship, the unique sounds of various instruments, and enjoyed singing in the

We live in a day and age when young people are pulled in every direction - perhaps even more so here in Israel with the cultural, political, and social divisions that exist even within the body of believers. Our hearts are for all young people to have a deep and intimate relationship with Yeshua. With God’s leading, discipleship has become an integral part of the heart, passion, and prayer of the Revive Israel Community.

Have you accepted the invitation? Cashed the open check? It’s actually a commandment you will not find in the Torah, but you will find throughout the New Testament. In 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Paul says, "Pray always;" And in verse 25, "Brothers, pray on our behalf." Why has it now become not just an invitation to be accepted, but also a commandment to be joyfully obeyed?

Yeshua gives us an open invitation in Matthew 16, saying anyone can come and become His disciple!” The offer contains two conditions and one double paradox; “If anyone would come after me he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me” (v. 24). The paradox (seeming contradiction): “For he who wishes to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

In Yeshua’s parable the soil is the heart on which the seed falls, and the seed is the word of God. How important it is to prepare the soil of our heart for the seed of the word of the Lord. We would all like to bear a 100-fold increase of fruit in the kingdom of God. Amazingly, God called Adam to invest in working the land in Genesis 2:5; and Yeshua calls us to a similar task as well,

Have you ever felt the amazing boost of imbibing a “now” rhema word from God? And then, soon afterwards, dipped into despair, hopelessness, or depression? Have you ever felt how the promise that just yesterday gave you faith and peace suddenly seems light years away from you? Last week I had such an experience.

I have become fascinated by the connection in Hebrew between these intertwined concepts above, just as here we have finally parted from the long, dry, hot summer. Yeshua created summertime and the summer fruit harvest as an agricultural parable of the deeper truths of fruition, completion, and ripening - of individuals, of mankind, and of His redemptive Story.

Psalm 23 begins with, “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.” In the beginning of the chapter, David refers to God in the third person. “HE makes me lie down in Green Pastures. HE leads me beside still waters.” He is the shepherd. But then in verse 4,“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for YOU are with me.”

In early July, an Israeli group of 16 teenagers, along with 6 Revive Israel adult instructors traveled to France to participate in the “K’sharim Connections” camp, to serve local French youth and experience God in new ways. (We had done a similar trip previously, for the first time, just before COVID.) The evening before the flight, we met at the Revive Israel Discipleship Center near Jerusalem, to get to know each other better.

We just completed the 6th intensive discipleship session to be held in the last 24 months. The full-time, immersive program was called “40 Days of Fire.” Our time together was rich with activities and service. We worked on the organic community farm and held daily prayer and worship sessions. They take place both on our base in the community’s worship room and outside in nature on the farm grounds. Bible study is one of the most important ingredients in

This spring’s main discipleship training session, called “40 Days of Fire,” began successfully on the first day of May. We want to be "on fire" for the Lord, filled with love for Yeshua, and putting Him in the center of our lives. We started out with 8 students. Sadly, one of them had to drop out for now.

I once heard someone define courage as taking an action without knowing its outcome. The Lord is asking us to be strong and very courageous in our walk with Him, to trust fully in His good plan for our lives. In fact, we are in need of courage in every area of our lives – especially in relation to other people. We need courage to start a new job or finish an old one well.

Becoming disciples of Yeshua is a core value and commandment that comes up again and again in the writings of the New Testament. In Matthew 28:19 Yeshua told us to go and make disciples. But is this a new action only from the New Testament period? No. There is an unfolding development of discipleship from Genesis all the way to the Book of Revelation, just as there is also a gradual unveiling

At the end of September, right after the Fall Feasts, we started the third cycle of our extended discipleship program. The theme of this program is Reclining at Yeshua’s Side. We have five first-time students, most of whom came to the Lord in the past year, and four interns who graduated from previous programs at our center. All are accompanied by our devoted staff, led by Youval and Valerie Yanay.

For the past year and a half, all of our lives have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions and disruptions. I feel like we all have had to stop and push “reset” on our lives. I believe God is calling us in a strategic way. He is positioning us for the next move from Him. I’ve personally had to change my approach. I used to travel internationally, then suddenly the gates for leaving Israel were closed.

We just had a wonderful, week-long women’s workshop. The workshop was designed to gather women to seek the face of the Lord together, to experience working the land together, and to spend time together praying and praising the Lord. Every day we looked at the life of a woman from the Bible and extracted practical take-home lessons from her example and the things God did in her life.

During the Revive Israel discipleship programs, we bring the discipleship students to volunteer once a week on outreach with Moti Cohen of Tiferet Yeshua Congregation, among the homeless and destitute in south Tel Aviv. It was the last night of the program, the “last minute.” I was with several of our discipleship participants, walking in a horrible place where drug addicts usually reach the end of their lives.

Youval and Valerie Yanay, Tal Robin and other staff members have developed a discipleship program over the past few years based on involving the students in hands-on organic farming. The name for the farm Day Three, was proposed by the Yanai’s son, Elad, as he noticed how God created plants on day three in Genesis chapter one. The program has been very successful, and has already borne much fruit, in more ways than one.

Today I help lead discipleship programs at the Revive Israel Community Farm Discipleship Center in the Judean Hills. Several years back, during my IDF (Israel Defense Forces) compulsory service, I served as a drill sergeant for new recruits at Havat Hashomer (Farm of the Guard) – a basic training base in the Galilee, especially for problematic and underprivileged young men. In a regular army, these challenged young men might not even have been deemed fit to serve.

I was born in Israel into a secular Jewish family with roots in the Land stretching back generations. My great-grandfather was a pioneer farmer in the Galilee. My father was a commander in the Palmach naval fighting units, starting before the Israeli War of Independence. But I always felt different, as if I didn’t belong. I had to search for a reason to wake up each morning.

It began during the Corona restrictions on public gatherings. Together with several others at Revive Israel and friends, we started to develop a modest-sized farming area, just several hundred meters from our offices, as a new platform for indigenous discipleship and evangelism to Israelis. There was suddenly this opportunity to bring into visible reality a vision that we have had for years.

Have you ever seen one of those personalized world maps? The entire surface of the map is coated with a single “scratchable” color. Each time you visit a new country you scrape off that layer, revealing the color underneath. I believe the heavenly blueprint of the Kingdom of God is similar– fully there though unseen, and step by step the Lord is unveiling each facet, each nation, generation and color of His kingdom on earth.

Who is scared of honesty, authenticity and vulnerability? In today's world of technology, we can easily hide behind images and pictures (some even improved with the help of filter effects). No, this article isn't about bashing Facebook or Instagram. I have accounts on both, and am not intending to get rid of either any time soon.

A few months ago, I found myself sitting on my bed, praying, “Lord, crush me. Lord, crush me. Lord, crush me.” Immediately I thought, “What? What did I just say?!” I wasn’t too pleased with my own prayer, because I know that the Lord hears and answers. I honestly forgot about my prayer, and didn’t understand what was going on as I began to battle depressive thoughts.