God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 NASB Fill/subdue – How much more coffee can you…
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and…
Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord, and whom You teach out of Your law; Psalm 94:12 NASB Chasten – “Spiritual stress is a major source of unhappiness.”[1] If you haven’t encountered this truth about life, perhaps you missed a growth experience. Far too often we wish for a life of ease, thinking…
As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Psalm 103:15 NASB Like grass – David has just drawn a subtle but important link between “frame,” “dust” and the yetser ha’ra. We were made for struggle. Struggle is who we are. Life on earth is not heaven…
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 NASB Fill/subdue – How much more coffee can you…
He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3 NASB Subdues – You wouldn’t notice it in English, but there are a lot of unusual things about this song of praise. The first oddity is David’s choice of amim for “peoples.” Since David describes the triumph of God’s chosen over the other…
