Today’s Word
Getting Things Done
“Then God said” Genesis 1:3 Getting Things Done Said – How do we get things done? The bottom line to most of our activity is that things get done by the application of some kind of force. Want to build something? Apply physical force. Want to buy something? Apply financial force. The human experience of…
What You See
“Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 What You See Hear – The great shema. Hear. In this pivotal text of the Old Testament, we are introduced to a different view of life. God’s paradigm is not our paradigm. Life is not based on WYSIWYG (What You See…
Praying Life, Breathing Soul
“By David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.” Psalm 25:1 Praying Life, Breathing Soul Soul – Hebrew is a language of concrete images. It is not like the Western European languages that we use; languages full of abstract terms without physical references like “time” or “omnipotent” or “omniscient”. Hebrew deals with tangible…
The Context of Prayer
“By David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.” Psalm 25:1 The Context of Prayer Lift up – “To You, Yahweh, I lift”. The Hebrew verb is nasa. It has three categories of meaning: to lift up (literally), to bear or carry (used especially of carrying away guilt and sin) and to take…
The Intimate Dialogue
“By David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.” Psalm 25:1 The Intimate Dialogue By David. To You – David’s poem must become personal before you can understand it completely. The power in his poetry is discovered only when his emotional intimacy stirs familiar feelings in us. Perhaps the first step is to…
The Prayer of Silence
“I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD,” 1 Samuel 1:15 The Prayer of Silence Poured Out – According to many Jewish sages, the prayer of Hannah is the epitome of human prayer. It is the prayer of a heart overwhelmed by distress and devotion. …
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