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Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.  Psalm 119:173  NASB Help – What a wonderful verb!  ʿāzar, “to help, to support.”  Could you ask anything more of the Sovereign of the Universe than “help me”?  Unspecified help.  Whatever-is-needed help.  Not even limited to my own perspective.  This is help from…

Some Clarity

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. Proverbs 31:11  NASB Trusts – What does it mean to “trust” your wife? How will that turn out to be prosperous for the husband? In the past we examined the Hebrew word bāṭaḥ in the context of the ‘ezer kenegdo, God’s design for…

Whole Life

Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Trust – First I must accept the seal of ownership.  God rolls over my path.  Now it belongs to Him.  Then I must act according to the directions of the new owner.  Batach is the…

Redeemed Marriage

Usually I don’t hear much from the Today’s Word audience.  But in the last few days, as we examined several passages dealing with the idea of a redeemed relationship between a man and a woman, I am suddenly getting a lot of replies. We looked at several powerful and interesting verses in the Bible that…

Trusts

“The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.” Proverbs 31:11 Trusts – Here is the best Valentine’s Day gift you could ever give (and you are getting it one day in advance so that you will know what to do tomorrow).   But there is a lot more…