The Introduction Matters

“O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.”  Psalm 38:1  NASB Rebuke me not– Have you ever prayed like this:  reaching the point, long after the Lord redeemed you, long after you recognized your sinful condition and your desperate need for grace, you are still overwhelmed by the…

Who Has Been Forgotten?

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service. Nehemiah 13:14 ESV Remember me – And Naomi said, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me”…

Forgive and Forget

“My sacrificial gifts they offer in sacrifice and they eat flesh.”  YHWH does not accept them.  Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sin.  They will return to Egypt. Hosea 8:13 (translation J. A. Dearman) Remember – We often think that once God forgives our sins, He forgets all about them.  Maybe that…

For Whom the Bell Tolls (2)

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me.  You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6  (translation J. A. Dearman) Forget – When you think of the Hebrew verb forget, think of…

Forget-Me-Not

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she used to offer sacrifices to them and adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, and follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD. Hosea 2:13  NASB Forgot – What’s a “Forget Me Not”?  Do we need a picture to remind…