Today’s Word
Lucky 7
Where Were You? Today is 07/07. On my birthday this year I turned 77. I was in Mumbai, India. I never expected to have a birthday in Mumbai, and certainly not my 77th. So, on 07/07, now that I am 77, I just wanted to show you a few photos from that day. Who knows…
Laying Down the Law
You have [c]ordained Your precepts, [d]that we are to keep them diligently. Psalm 119:4 NASB Precepts – Perhaps “ordained” isn’t quite the word we want. We’re more familiar with this term in regard to priests and ministers, but it has a second, and perhaps original, meaning as well. It means “to decree,” for example, when a king officially…
Wholehearted
Blessed are those who comply with His [b]testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart. Psalm 119:2 NASB With all – It’s the last bit that counts. bechol-lev yidreshoohoo—“with all their heart.” “All their heart” is interesting in itself because we would expect the plural “with all their hearts” but we get the singular bechol-lev. It’s a common heart, that is,…
Watchfulness
אַשְׁרֵי נֹֽצְרֵ֥י עֵ֜דֹתָ֗יו בְּכָל־לֵ֥ב יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּ Psalm 119:2 נֹֽצְרֵ֥י – Blessed are those who comply with His [b]testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart (NASB). This verse poses a serious question. It comes without a rhetorical answer. Here’s the question (but don’t answer too quickly): Do you want to be happy? Pause! Ask yourself again: Do you really want to be…
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