by Chaim & Laura | Jan 1, 2016 | Devotionals
Psalms 65:2: “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” The use of the word shama (hear) has a number of possible English equivalents. You really need to consider the context before deciding what English word to plug in. For instance the...
by Chaim & Laura | Dec 30, 2015 | Devotionals
Psalms 27:11: “Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” So the Psalmist is asking God to teach him His way. We know he is asking God because he says: “O Lord or YHWH.” We could probably render this as:...
by Chaim & Laura | Dec 28, 2015 | Devotionals
Psalms 29:11: The Lord will give strength to His people,’’ So Psalms 28:7 tells us that the Lord is our strength and then in Psalms 29:1 we are told that the mighty men are to give the Lord strength and now we learn that the Lord will give us strength. ...
by Chaim & Laura | Dec 27, 2015 | Devotionals
I Kings 17:18: “And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?” There is a question that always comes to mind when I read this passage: “Why did the...
by Chaim & Laura | Dec 26, 2015 | Devotionals
Luke 2:8 “And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.” We hear this Christmas story so much around this time of year that we never really stop to think about it or wonder about some obvious...
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