Today’s Word
Wait a Minute!
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;…
Disappointed
Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him for the help of His presence, my God. Psalm 42:11 NASB Despair – Hebrew is earthy. It doesn’t portray the complexity of our Greek-based psychological vocabulary. It describes internal psychic states with tactile…
Pay Attention—Please
Listen to my prayer, God; and do not hide Yourself from my pleading. Give Your attention to me and answer me; Psalm 55:1-2a NASB Attention – Do you want God to pay attention to you? Be careful how you answer. What will it mean if God really takes a look at you? Will He find that obedient servant,…
Prayer Perspective
Jesus wept. John 11:35 NASB Wept – “And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,” (Luke 19:41). Why do we need to read both of these verses in order to understand the divine perspective? Because the translation hides the fact that there are two very different meanings here. When Yeshua encounters…
Prayer Wheel
In the beginning, God . . .” Genesis 1:1a NASB God – How do you read those first words of the Tanakh? In Hebrew, berēʾšît bārāʾ ʾĕlōhîm. Most modern Westerners imagine that this is the opening statement of a cosmology, that is, a pre-scientific story of origins. Creationism proceeds from this assumption to propose an…
Prayers of Desire
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NASB Will give you – What a great promise! Be greatly pleased with God and you’ll get everything your heart desires, right? Take pleasure in God and you’ll be guaranteed divinely provided health, wealth, and happiness (unless, of course, you desire…
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