For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB Trouble – “Don’t give me yours. I have enough of my own.” That’s right. Each one of us has enough trouble to last us all the days we live. It’s just part of being in this world. Don’t’ believe it? Try this….
“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 NASB Worship – Please notice a rather odd thing. Yeshua was not giving instruction to the woman at the well in Greek. He was probably speaking Hebrew or Aramaic. In either case, the word he used was not proskyneo…
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 2 Timothy 1:3 ESV As did my ancestors – Sometimes the smallest phrases require the greatest attention. In this introduction to his letter to Timothy, Paul makes an almost parenthetical…
Only this, I have found, as a real good: that one should eat and drink and get pleasure with all the gains he makes under the sun, during the numbered days of life that God has given him; for that is his portion. Ecclesiastes 5:17 NJPS Real good – There are two views of what…
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Parazim, He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, to do His task, His unusual task, and to work His work, His extraordinary work. Isaiah 28:21 NASB To work His work – “As for me and my house.” Joshua’s often-quoted declaration makes his…
and there was not a man to till the ground Genesis 2:5 (Hebrew World translation) To till – There is no difference between sacred and secular. Better read that again since nearly everything about our culture is based on separating sacred and secular. We have church and state, spiritual and carnal, righteous and wicked and…
But I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought for me; you are my help and my savior; delay not, O God. Psalm 40:18 (Hebrew World) I am poor – Back up one verse. “Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, let those who love Your salvation say…
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…
and there was no man to till the ground Genesis 2:5 To Till – A few months ago we explored this Hebrew verb. We discovered that ‘avad is not really about farming. It means “to work,” but it also means “to serve” and, in that context, “to worship.” So, the same Hebrew verb that covers…
“…ni había hombre para que labrase la tierra…” Génesis 2:5 Labrar: Un par de meses atrás, exploramos este verbo hebreo. Descubrimos que ‘avad’ no es un verbo que hable realmente acerca de cultivos. Significa “trabajar”, pero también significa “servir” y, en este contexto, “adorar”. Así que, el mismo verbo hebreo que abarca esfuerzo y tareas…
