What I Want

He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.  I will satisfy him with a long life, and show him My salvation. Psalm 91:15-16  NASB Call upon – “Even personal prayers for our own needs are not necessarily selfish in nature.  God feels the…

Answer the Phone

Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.  Psalm 88:1 (English)  NASB Cried out – “The phone’s ringing.  Answer it!”  Do you find it difficult not to answer a call?  Are you annoyed with people who just let the phone ring but don’t pick up?  For decades…

Plural Problems (1)

Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living  Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – But of course he did not name her “Eve.”  I’m sorry, but the footnote in the NASB (“Genesis 3:20 I.e., living; or life”) is absolutely no help whatsoever.  “Eve” is not her name.  That word comes from the…

RSVP

Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.  Psalm 102:2  NASB I call – Do you remember the introduction of this psalm?  “The afflicted man when he pours out. . .”  šāpak.  Then there’s the first verse…

God’s Higher Education Plan

“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NASB Call – Today’s post-modern culture ignores the most important part of education. Once God is removed from the system, education takes on a completely different objective. The goal is no…

Divine Affliction

I am the man who has seen affliction because of the rod of His wrath.  He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.  Lamentations 3:1-2  NASB Life Without Filters – What is the affliction that results from the rod of God’s wrath?  We don’t have to look much beyond…