Today’s Word

A Word Like No Other

“Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.” Isaiah 12:6 Shout – You have to hear it to understand.  You have to feel it to know.  This word, ranan, is absolutely unique to Hebrew.  Its root is not found in any other…
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Spiritual Mechanics

“Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old?”” John 3:4 How – Nicodemus asked the wrong question.  Oh, he asked the question that all of us would have asked.  But it was the wrong one.  Nicodemus heard Jesus say that a man must be born from above if he…
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Truth that Lasts

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.” Mark 13:31 Will not pass away – What will pass away?  According to Jesus, heaven and earth.  What does that man?  Quite simply, all that we know, experience, imagine and hope for.  Not just this beat-up, sin drenched earth, but also heaven,…
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What to Pray

“that you may prove what God’s will is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 That – Prayer is communion with the Father.  Prayer is soul breathing, silent longing, human being before my God.  Prayer is not so much checklists and requests as it is surrender to His purposes.  This is how…
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Making it True

“The sum of Your word is truth,”  Psalm 119:160 Making it True Truth – Yesterday we looked at this word, ‘aman, the root of many words about certainty.  One Hebrew verb form of this root expresses causing something to be true.  We could translate ‘aman in this form as “caused to be certain” or “caused…
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