Today’s Word
One of Three
its desire is for you, but you must master it Genesis 4:7 Desire – The Hebrew word teshuqa is used only three times in the Bible; twice in Genesis and once in the Song of Solomon. In this occurrence, we recognize the darker side of the word. Sin desires Cain. It desires to control and…
What Only God Can Do
How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man. Jeremiah 31:22 Created – The Hebrew root br’ is the verb translated “create.” It is quite unusual. Of the 49 occurrences in the Old Testament, this verb is the exclusive domain…
Full Circle
How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man. Jeremiah 31:22 Protects – This world is upside-down. It’s not the way God intended it to be. When Eve opened the door to sin (with Adam’s concurrence), the world changed. All…
Paying For It
Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, Jeremiah 15:13 Spoil – The greatest impediment to godliness in the world today is affluence. Again and again we find a self-confident callousness and spiritual poverty among the nations blessed with abundance. We sin the sin of David by…
Royal Humility
Fear not, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I will help you Isaiah 41:14 Worm – What an odd thing for God to say about Israel. If I called someone a worm, it would be taken as an insult, especially if the word (tola’ath) was the word for a parasite that destroyed manna (Exodus 16:20). …
“Boy, you’re gonna’ carry that weight”
Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 http://www.poemhunter.com/lyrics/songs/lyric.asp?artist=3336&song=37974 Bear – In 1988, the Beatles released Abbey Road. One of its memorable lyrical tunes was Golden Slumbers, a song that provided the world with the Beatles view of life. “Boy, you’re gonna’ carry that weight a long time.” Life is…
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