Today’s Word
Confidence
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. Heb 10:35 Confidence – From two Greek words meaning “all” and “speaking”, parresias means “freedom in the act of speaking”. This word means that we have boldness and freedom to speak of our experience of faith. Because God accepts us, we are invited…
Crouching
“sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it”. Genesis 4:7 Crouching – Genesis chapter 4 is the story of Cain and Abel. It is a story that we have probably known since childhood God knows that emotional situations can become the seedbed for sinful acts. He…
Heart
“for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart”. I Sam 16:7 Heart – This is only a part of verse 7, but a very important part. Even more interestingly, the translation from the New American Standard (above) is not exactly what the…
Cast off
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light”. Rom 13:12 Cast off – In the English language, we have only two “voices” (a grammatical term) – active or passive. But in Greek, there is a…
Lovingkindness
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness”. Psalm 103:8 Lovingkindness – This is a very important word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew is hesed. We saw it once before on January 24. Now we will look at more of its meaning. For centuries, this word was translated as…
Guard
“For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways”. Psalm 91:11 Guard – This word (shamar) in all its forms is used more than 400 times in the Old Testament. Its basic meaning is to watch over with great care. It is used to describe actions of the…
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