Life Insurance (2)

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation, and for Your righteous word.  Psalm 119:123  NASB Longing for – Yesterday we discovered that the psalmist wants a guarantee about life.  He asks God to act as his bond, to ensure he will not fall victim to his enemies.  It sounds so good to hear that God cares enough to…

Who Is High and Lifted Up?

A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.  Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy.  Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.  Psalm 101:4-5  ESV Arrogant – Does your praise and worship music include the words “high and lifted up”?  If so,…

The Crucial Difference

But take the utmost care and watch yourselves scrupulously, so that you do not forget the things that you saw with your own eyes and so that they do not fade from your heart as long as you live.  Deuteronomy 4:9 Eyes – Abraham Herschel said it.  “The essence of Jewish religious thinking does not…