Today’s Word

Today’s Word

  • After the End (1)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Restore – The king gives…

  • Nearing the End (4)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Your Holy Spirit – Hebrew…

  • Nearing the End (3)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Cast me away – Broken…

  • Nearing the End (2)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Renew – David cries for…

  • Nearing the End (1)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Heart – In Hebrew the…

  • Whom Do You Praise?

    Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. Psalm 148:13 NASB His name – Names are quite important in Hebrew thought. They are rarely random choices. Names reveal essential aspects of the object named. That’s why we must pay close attention to…

  • That Which Remains

    He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away. Psalm 148:6 NASB Not pass away – What passes away? Well, you and I pass away. We die. So do animals, and birds, and insects—and in fact every living thing. They all pass away. What about God’s…

  • The Unremarkable

    And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 NASB Gave birth – Christendom celebrates the birth of the Savior. Churches will rejoice that Jesus was born. But all this festive display…

  • In Its Cultural Context

    Praise Him, highest heavens, and the waters that are above the heavens! Psalm 148:4 NASB Above – Most of the people of Western world and those that have been influenced by the Western world as far away as China are preparing for Christmas. What almost none of these people are considering is the cultural context of…

  • Inarticulate Praise

    Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! Psalm 148:3 NASB Sun and moon – Imagine you live in the ancient world of the Near East. What does the sun mean to you? First, the obvious. The sun designates direction. Oh, were you going to say time? The rising of the sun…