Lagging Behind the Times

Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.  Philippians 4:11  NASB From want – Whenever I go to the Apple store for a training session, I always encounter a line of people standing outside waiting for the store to open (now you know that I…

A Soft Heart

And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.  Romans 8:26  NASB How – Not quite right.  This translation in the NASB isn’t quite what Paul is saying.  Your…

Not Quite Enough

“But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the LORD said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of the matter.’” Deuteronomy 3:26  NASB Enough! – Was God fair to Moses?  Before you put on your theological-correctness hat, does this declaration from God seem consistent…

The Road to Recovery

Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I am. Philippians 4:11  NASB To be content – Are you self-sufficient?  Before your spiritual radar goes crazy and you immediately deny any such terrible thoughts, take a deep breath.  We have been trained to think of self-sufficiency as…

Eden Revisited

And you shall eat and be satisfied, and shall bless YHWH your Elohim for the good land which He has given you.  . . . [less] that then your heart becomes lifted up, and you forget YHWH your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, Deuteronomy 8:10,…