Consider the lilies of the field Matthew 6:28a NASB Consider – Of course, Yeshua didn’t speak these words in Greek, but even in Greek they demand further investigation. Why? Because even in Greek the verb has an added prefix (kata) to give it emphasis. The root verb is manthánō, “to direct one’s mind toward something.” …
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my groaning. Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You I pray. Psalm 5:1-2 NASB Give ear – “In prayer we seek not to make God visible but to make ourselves visible to God.”[1] David doesn’t open his prayer with a “fix…
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. Luke 12:27 NASB Consider – Today I was reading a great passage in the Oswald Chambers devotional. I have read his work on a regular basis for many…
Blessed is he who considers the poor; YHWH does deliver him in a day of evil. Tehillim 41:1 ISR Considers – Let’s think about the poor. First we have to know what word Hebrew uses to describe the “poor” since there are four different words with this same English translation. Here the word is dal. …
Consider my affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins. Psalm 25:18 Consider – David isn’t like me. At least he’s not like me in his wholehearted cry to the Lord. We may share other things. His faults maybe my faults, but God Himself recognized that David continued in faithful direction even if he…
