Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” Genesis 28:16 NASB I did not know it – lo yada’etti. But how could he not know? Isn’t God everywhere? How could Jacob think for a moment that God wasn’t in the place where he…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Sorrow – We investigated this verse on September 6. Here it is again, just so we can keep working verse by verse through this psalm. Listen! Silence is a good…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Silent– Listen! Silence is a good thing, right? Don’t we long for an escape from the din around us? The traffic, the elevator music, the indecipherable human clamor of…
For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my body has wasted away. Psalm 31:10 NASB Sorrow/ Sighing– “Why can’t you be more positive?” “You seem so discouraged all the time.” “I’m tired of your pessimistic attitude!” “Look on the bright side of things.” Ever hear someone say…
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things. 2 Corinthians 6:10 NASB Sorrowful/rejoicing – Has your life become a reflection of the life of Paul? Do you know both sides of the coin of committed contradictions? In the last few weeks, God has been pressing…
“By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 NASB Sweat – When it comes to music, I’m a blues man. Give me Clapton, B.B. King, Tommy Castro, Robert Cray or Debbie…
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” Genesis 28:16 NASB I did not know it – lo yada’etti. But how could he not know? Isn’t God everywhere? How could Jacob think for a moment that God wasn’t in the place where…
As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. Psalm 90:10 NASB Pride – “For if there is no meaning inherent in the world, on what basis can we determine the value…
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 NASB Sorrow – If you don’t know the difference, you could die! Remember those warning posters about pills. The picture shows lots of little pills…
You shall eat of it in sorrow all the days of your life Genesis 3:17 Sorrow – “Finding the Champion Within,” “How to Reach Your Full Potential,” “Your Best Life Now,” “The Art of Commanding Respect,” “Me 2.0,” and dozens of other titles shout the message, “You are special. You are different. You can rise…
