I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. Psalm 101:3 NASB Worthless – Does David’s declaration match your vision? David declares that no beliya’al will come before him. If we’re going to follow David’s devotion, we must know what…
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.” Hosea 14:1-2 NIV Fruit of our lips – Rabbi Tovia Singer provides a shocking commentary…
I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. Psalm 101:2 NASB Blameless way – David’s song has a second verse. The first verse is about hesed and mishpat. Sing it loud and strong while you are doing what it…
I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you O LORD, I will make music. Psalm 101:1 ESV Steadfast love/ justice – What are the themes of David’s praise and worship music? What motivates David to sing to the Lord? The answer is found in this psalm. It’s an answer that can set out…
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with My Father on His throne. Revelation 3:21 NASB Overcomes – Imagine what it will be like to sit on the throne with the Messiah! Imagine the joy, the thrill, the overwhelming…
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17 NASB Sacrifices – “T’was the night before Christmas” and most of us struggled with our guilt. The pagan world went off to party. The Christian world went to church. But none found relief…
I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perserverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. Revelation 2:19 NASB Deeds – Yeshua has eyes of fire. He sees right through us. What does He look for? “I know your deeds,” says the visionary Christ. If you read…
But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality. Revelation 2:14 NASB To eat things – Have you considered…
But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? I John 3:17 NASB Goods – How do you measure your success? Most of us will say that we think of success in terms of relationships, community and…
Every one who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 1 John 3:4 NASB Lawlessness – The Greek word for “lawlessness” is anomos. We have English derivatives from this Greek word like antinomian. But it isn’t the Greek background of the word that matters most when we want to understand what John is…
