Today’s Word
The Greatest Hurdles
Immediately the boy’s father cried out and began saying, “I do believe, help me in my unbelief.” Mark 9:24 NASB Unbelief – What an odd expression? It’s so odd that even good translations stumble over it. The NASB adds “help me in my unbelief,” (1963). The NIV substitutes “help me overcome;” the NLT turns the…
The Genesis Syndrome
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Commit/Trust – David demonstrates that the fulfillment of God’s purposes in our lives depends on two related actions. The first is voluntarily granting God ownership. The second is acting with complete confidence of God. David…
Melanchthon’s Mistake
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Bring It To Pass – Philipp Melanchthon was born Philipp Schwarzerd, but changed his name to the Greek Melanchthon in 1531. He was an exceptional scholar in astronomy, law and particularly Aristotle. He earned his…
Whole Life
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Trust – First I must accept the seal of ownership. God rolls over my path. Now it belongs to Him. Then I must act according to the directions of the new owner. Batach is the…
Rolling Right Along
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Commit – The Hebrew language is wonderfully tactile. It’s a language formed from the land, full of nice, clean dirt under the fingernails, streams of water, sun on your back and wind in your hair. …
The Politics of God
And YHWH was gracious to them, and pitied them, and turned toward them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and was not willing to destroy them not to cast them out from His presence as yet. 2 Kings 13:23 Gracious – God’s keeps His promises even when circumstances might warrant…
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