In the Grip

Immediately Jesus reached out with His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”  Matthew 14:31  NASB Took hold – “Hold on!  I’m coming!”  Rescue work.  That’s what’s needed.  Unfortunately, most of the time we don’t even know we’re falling.  We’re so caught up in the…

The Promise (6)

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10  NASB Uphold– We are back to intensive interpretation.  “Surely,” (ʾap) is a word of force.  We saw it in the first…

Cenchrus incertus Curtis

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.  Psalm 101:3  NASB Fasten its grip – Let’s go walking in the fields by the dunes along the coast.  By the time we’re finished with our trip, you will have encountered…