Today’s Word
Normal Insanity
For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says “Do not fear, I will help you”. Isaiah 41: 13 Help – It takes a long time to get to the place where we ask for help. In a culture where self-sufficiency is the measure of personal worth, we often know…
Blessing Tree
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self control Galatians 5:22-23 Fruit – My dear friend John Samuel unravels one of the great paradoxes of Scripture when he talks about the Greek word karpos (fruit). John points out that the only entity that does not benefit from…
Every Move You Make
See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life. Psalm 119:40 Longed For – How do you know what God wants you to do? Sure, some choices are obvious. The commandments, for example, spell out correct choices. But what about the hundreds of life choices that aren’t mentioned in some biblical…
Ever Deeper
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 Eve – God doesn’t make mistakes. So, when God chose to use the Hebrew language to reveal Himself, it wasn’t an accident. The Hebrew language is the perfect vehicle to communicate what God wants to share about Himself…
Take Two Aspirin
“The heart is deceitful above all things and it is incurable. Who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Deceitful – We don’t think of the heart as an inside scheming deceiver. After all, we know ourselves pretty well, don’t we? We know when we lie and when we tell the truth, so why does God (He…
Evil Genius
“its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Genesis 4:7 Desire – Once again I am indebted to the splendid work of Rabbi David Fohrman for this insight. We have looked at this word before, noting its unusual connection to ‘ezer, the Hebrew term that identifies “woman” at her creation. But Rabbi Fohrman…
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