Byron Howell Ministries

This is the second section of my study, What a Christian Should Think About Israel - and in this section we focus on what a Christian should think about the people of Israel.

Today is the second anniversary of the October 7 Massacre in Israel. I pray for the immediate return of all the remaining hostages, and the continued healing of the survivors and the families of the victims. Since my return from Israel about two months ago, I've been studying the Bible to understand God's will regarding Israel. In this edition of my blog and podcast I’m going to attempt to answer three very difficult questions: What should a Christian think about the land of Israel?, What should a Christian think about the people of Israel?, and What should a Christian think about the nation of Israel? While these are complicated and controversial subjects, I have been very blessed by this study, and I believe I have these answers. If you care about these questions or if you are interested in these subjects, I believe you will find this overview well worth your time.

Given current events many people believe the end is near and the rapture may soon occur. While that might be true, we are also seeing the devil exert his influence and power like never before. Christians have been given tremendous authority over the devil and unclean spirits. We must start using it to see Jesus' enemies being made into His footstool, and we must begin praying for Jesus' return accordingly.

Doubt is one of the greatest enemies you will ever have. Doubt will rob you of God's promises for your life. We must learn to defeat doubt and live without it.

The Bible is clear about money. God wants you financially blessed so that you can be abundantly supplied and so you can abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9). In fact, all of God’s people are empowered to create wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18), and God’s blessing will bring riches without painful toil (Proverbs 10:22). But God doesn’t drop money out of the sky (unfortunately!). We need to learn God’s financial system and start increasing financially God’s way. No matter where you find yourself financially, you can start operating in God’s economic system and start increasing. In this message I go through the basics of God’s financial system and I look very practically at how to start increasing financially with God’s help. The accumulation of wealth, for you and for others, should never be our goal, but it should be a byproduct of our service for the Kingdom of God, as we sow and reap correctly for Him. I know this message will bless you.

If you have spent any time in church you’ve probably heard that you must give 10% of your money to God and that if you don’t (a) you are robbing God and (b) you are cursed. The good news is that neither of those is true (sorry to pastors everywhere who have been teaching that). However, the positive reasons that we should tithe, how it honors God as the King of our lives, and how it invites His protection and provision into our lives, are far better reasons to tithe than fear of His curses and punishments. As my dad likes to say, “if we had any idea, we would run to tithe.” In this podcast episode I examine all of this and show you some tithing truths you have probably never heard before. Thank you for listening!