The LORD is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works Psalm 145:9 Good – What’s your attitude toward the rule of God? Is there just a hint of irritation at the fact that you can’t do exactly as you wish? Do you chaff at the bit of the Law? Or have…
and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6 Prince of Peace –What does Isaiah’s incredible phrase sar-shalom (Prince of Peace) have to do with Paul’s statement about the man as the head of the woman (1 Corinthians 11:3)? The answer lies in what Isaiah does not…
What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? Joshua 22:24 What Have You To Do With – God understands education. Therefore, He supplies the perfect context for learning life’s most important lessons. That context is asking a question. Life-transforming education takes place only when the learner wants to know the answer. …
that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in Me and I in you. May they also may be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. John 17:21 (NIV) May Be One – In my city, there are 700 churches. That fact alone must break…
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth 1 John 1:6 With – What’s so important about a preposition? Who cares about those little words like in, over, before, or about? If you’re reading John’s New Testament contributions, there’s at least…
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and to the Lord. Philemon 16 Flesh – Only once. This verse, in this shortest of Paul’s letters, holds the distinction of being the only place in the entire…
I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily. Luke 18:8 Speedily – If it weren’t for this word, we would have no argument with Jesus. If it weren’t for this word, we would stand beside Martha at the tomb of her brother and acknowledge the last judgment. If it weren’t for…
Those who make them will become like them, everyone who trusts in them. Psalm 115:8 Like Them – There is an inexorable law of God’s universe found in every creative act. It applies to everyone. There are no exceptions. Put simply, it is “You are what you make.” The Psalmist summarizes a long description of…
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly Psalm 84:11 Uprightly – I want tov in my life – all those prosperous, useful, beneficial things that God has designed into my plan and purpose. Amazingly, God wants to give them to me. But there are two ends to the delivery chain –…
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly Psalm 84:11 Good – “Live long and prosper,” is the Vulcan greeting in Star Trek. Spock might as well have used the Hebrew word tov. Occurring 738 times in the Old Testament, the general idea of tov is utilitarian. To be “good” is to…
