Today’s Word
Power Applied
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ Romans 16:25 To Establish – There is a grammatical secret here. When an infinitive (like “to establish”) follows the verb dynamai (is able), the sense is a continuous action, not a one-time event. Let that sink…
Resident Reluctance
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ Romans 16:25 Is Able – God is the power. If I am in His will, then He directs that power through me, not to me. God is in the power distribution business. He gives in order…
May The Force Be With You
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ Romans 16:25 Is Able – Star Wars is Greek. The idea of an impersonal cosmic force presiding over life and death is as old as Pythagoras. George Lukas might have been enthralled by the concept, but…
Prayer and Consequences
because having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were they thankful Romans 1:21 Glorify – Thankful – Some ancient Jewish scholars translate Genesis 2:7 about the creation of Man with the words, “and Man became a speaking being”, rather than our common, “and Man became a living being.” If Paul was…
Family Prayer
Yet not as I will, but as you will Matthew 26:39 Yet Not – These two tiny Greek words (plen ouk) contain everything you need to know about prayer in God’s family. You might object, “Wait! Haven’t we just spent days looking at all the nuances of Hebrew and Greek words for prayer? How can…
Three-A-Day
Evening and morning and noon, I will pray and cry aloud and He shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:17 Cry Aloud – I am not an emotional person. It’s just the way I’m wired. My struggles occur inside my head. By the time I reach tears and crying aloud, things have got to be pretty…
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