Today’s Word
Watchfulness
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…
A Way of Life
Blessed are those whose way is [a]blameless, who walk in the Law of the Lord. Psalm 119:1 NASB Walk – It really doesn’t matter what you think. It’s what you do that counts. In the Hebrew worldview, it’s not necessary to understand why you should do the things you are asked to do. It’s nice when they…
God’s Loan
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12 NIV Debts – The Greek term translated “debts” in Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer is not a word that means “sins.” It’s opheílēmata, from the root opheílō. “Etymologically obscure, this word means ‘to owe someone something,’ e.g. loans, debts, sums,…
The Hidden Noah
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person. Whoever sheds human blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made mankind. Genesis…
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