Today’s Word
Escape Clause
“then I called upon the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I beseech You, save my life!”” Psalm 116:4 Save – How was the memory trip to “hell on earth” (yesterday)? A close encounter with hell turns life into an unbearable sickness. That’s when David cries out, “Lord, save me!” David gives us the only…
Hell on earth
“The chords of death encompassed me and the terrors of Sheol came upon me” Psalm 116:3 Sheol – I’ve already been to hell. I didn’t have to travel far and I didn’t have to lay down six feet under. All I had to do was live my life in total rebellion and separation from God. …
The Great Equalizer
“and if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 Do not have – In the preclude to the love hymn of the New Testament (1 Cor. 13:4-8), Paul provides…
Worn Out Metaphor
“You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.” Psalm 68:9 NIV Weary Inheritance – If David’s poem is only a statement about the land of Canaan, then this is just a weather report. God brings showers to water the dry land. Fine. Now back to the rest of the evening news. The…
The Three Words!
“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him” Job 13:15 In Hebrew, three words and an exclamation point. Literally “! He-kills-me but I-will-wait (hope)-for-Him” The most compact declaration of the meaning of life ever spoken by a man who knew what it meant. What really matters to you? What would be your last wish…
The Discount Price
“having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it” 2 Timothy 3:5 Denying – Were you confronted by yesterday’s umbrella questions? All those ways of denying the power of God. (Do you need to look at them again? – go ahead. I’ll wait). Jesus had something else to say about this word. Luke…
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