What Do You Want? (2) Rewind

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept. Genesis 37:35 ESV Sheol – Do you find it astounding and insightful that the word she’ol is derived from the…

What Do You Want? (2)

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.”  Thus his father wept.  Genesis 37:35  ESV Sheol – Do you find it astounding and insightful that the word she’ol is derived from the…

What Do You Want? (1)

Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.  Psalm 37:4  NASB Desires – The first word in this verse is a word that expresses the sheer enjoyment of the person of God.  When we delight in who God is an amazing transformation occurs.  Our lives progress toward fulfillment. …

Left in the Dark

“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…

Priorities

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 One Thing – What is the most important thing in life? What…

Prioridades

Una cosa he pedido al SEÑOR, y ésa buscaré: que habite yo en la casa del SEÑOR todos los días de mi vida, para contemplar la hermosura del SEÑOR, y para meditar en su templo. Salmos 27:4 Una Cosa – ¿Cuál es el cosa más importante de tu vida? ¿Cuál debería ser la meta máxima…

Community Requirements

“And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God demand of you?  Only this:  . . .” Deuteronomy 10:12 Demand – We don’t like the sound of this, do we?  What God demands doesn’t sound much like the gentle, compassionate God we hear about in church.  We would rather have this Hebrew word translated…