Today’s Word
The Heart of Darkness
But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:16 Wilderness – It’s likely that you have a marginal note in your Bible about this word. You see, it literally means, “lonely places.” The Greek is tais eremois. It’s plural – more than one place. And the verb literally means “withdrawing.” …
The Other Word For Spend
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. James 4:3 Spend – James would never survive in this world of politically correct speech. You see, he doesn’t try to soften the vocabulary at all. He uses the Greek verb dapanao. While it…
Too Hard To Hear
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. James 4:3 Wrong Motives – Since James is so pragmatically focused, he doesn’t mince words. What he really says is a jab to the solar plexus of our selfish desires. Maybe that’s why we…
The Human Agenda
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? James 4:1 Quarrels and Conflicts – “I want it and I don’t care how I get it!” “I deserve better.” “You can’t treat me like that.” Have you ever found yourself speaking (or…
The Birthday Present
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who sires a wise son will be glad in him. Proverbs 23:24 Wise Son – Today is my youngest son’s eighteenth birthday. You will excuse me if I glow just a little. I am proud of this young man. He is a wise son. What…
In the Grip
Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken. 1 Kings 7:8 Taken – In the middle of several chapters that describe the opulence of Solomon’s building project comes this one sentence comment. We might be tempted to skim over it. After all, it’s not as appealing as the vivid imagery of…
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