Wholehearted

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Blessed are those who comply with His [b]testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart.  Psalm 119:2 NASB With all – It’s the last bit that counts.  bechol-lev yidreshoohoo—“with all their heart.”  “All their heart” is interesting in itself because we would expect the plural “with all their hearts” but we get the singular bechol-lev.  It’s a common heart, that is,…

Watchfulness

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

אַשְׁרֵי נֹֽצְרֵ֥י עֵ֜דֹתָ֗יו בְּכָל־לֵ֥ב יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּ   Psalm 119:2 נֹֽצְרֵ֥י – Blessed are those who comply with His [b]testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart (NASB).  This verse poses a serious question.  It comes without a rhetorical answer.  Here’s the question (but don’t answer too quickly): Do you want to be happy?  Pause!  Ask yourself again: Do you really want to be…