Then Yeshua said to the Jews who had believed in Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.” John 8:31 Disciples – Something shocking happens in the Gospel use of the term “disciple.” We don’t notice it in English, but in Greek the results light up the sky like fireworks. The…
“I have loved you,” says YHWH. Malachi 1:2 I Have Loved You – ʾahabti ʾēt-kem. What comforting words! The Lord Himself speaks to us. “I have loved you.” Could we ask anything more than to be loved by YHWH? This is glorious revelation. This is joy unspeakable. This is the foundation of purpose. God loves…
And He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to the nations, the rebelling ones who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this day.” Ezekiel 2:3 Transgressed – What is the picture of transgression? Do you see a picture of…
NOTE: We have had a wonderful response to the community survey and we are discovering lots of ways to make all this much better. But if you haven’t taken 2 minutes to give us your feedback, please do so now. Go here. And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to…
Where is this, the way light dwells; and where is the place of darkness? Job 38:19 (Hebrew text) Place – The documentary extolled the work of volunteers in an orphanage in Haiti. A teacher held up the coloring book page of a three-year-old. “Last year when Alicia arrived, she could only color like this.” The…
“The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.” John 10:10 Abundantly – A few days ago Oswald Chambers’ devotional provided some sobering questions: “Is our attitude today an attitude that springs from our vision of God? Are we expecting God to…
Well, it happens sometimes. I just didn’t get the May 23rd edition posted in time. So, it never went out as an email. If you missed it, you can see it here.
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light Ephesians 5:8 Darkness – In Greek, Paul writes gar pote skotos, nun de phos en Kyrio (literally, “for then darkness, and now light in Lord”). Even though his words are certainly Greek, did you notice that the…
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? Was it not told to you from the beginning? Did you not discern from the foundations of the earth?” Isaiah 40:21 Have You Not – Four repetitions of the same negation, ha-lo, the combination of a pronoun and the negative adverb, lo. Hebrew has two negatives, lo…
