How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God. Psalm 146:5 Is In – It’s certainly commonplace for us to say we hope in the Lord, but we might be surprised to find the Jewish prayer book doesn’t render the thought this way. The same…
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to YHWH Exodus 15:1 Sang – shiyr is the Hebrew verb, “to sing.” Most of the time the word is used in connection with worship. The pictograph tells us that the word is about deeds or work that consumes the person. In other words, singing…
One of our community submitted this article to me. I thought we all needed to read it. A Message from Abraham Lincoln Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen In an article on religious trends in America during the 1980’s, Newsweek wrote: “A group affirmation of self is at the top of the agenda, which is why some…
With all the pressures and frustrations of life facing us every morning, it might be useful to consider for a moment the Hebrew perspective on prayer. The shift in focus helps us to see that the answer to our usual questions are not as far away as we might think. Fundamental to all…
Our Father, Our King, You are our only hope. In times for great distress, You lift us up. In times of joy, You are our celebration. We rejoice in You, O Lord, for You never fail. You have lead us in paths of righteousness. Your protection hovers over us. You give us peace. We praise…
Our Father, our King, for You are King of the universe and we are your grateful subjects, we give you our praise. You have redeemed us. You have brought us out and called us forth. You are unfailing in mercy, unimpeachable in justice, unrivaled in compassion, unfaltering in love, unending in goodness and unequal in…
Please read the following prayer request. And if you have any requests, please post them as a comment on here. (Patrick put a link from the homepage to this page so you can easily get back to it.) Also, if you haven’t listened to The Hebrew View of Prayer you should. -Skip Skip, will you…
But He searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit Romans 8:27 But – There is no more important word in prayer vocabulary than this one: de. “But” God knows. How we need to dwell on this word! Lost in the wilderness, terrified by our loneliness, we can only answer one of…
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 Groanings Too Deep – Sometimes prayer is simply silent agony. Sometimes the heart is so hurt that there just aren’t any words left to say. Sometimes there are only…
He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9 Abomination – The Hebrew principle of measure for measure applies to a lot more than eyes and teeth. Waltke points out that “if a man, on his part, is deaf to instruction, then God, on His…
