WORD STUDY – A DATE NIGHT WITH JESUS

Psalms 17:3 “Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night.”   The above passage was taken from the KJV.  It translates the phrase “thou hast visited me in the night” in a perfect tense (completed action). I checked through every translation I...

WORD STUDY – DAVID’S SPIRITUAL SECRET

Psalms 16:1-2  “Michtam of David.  Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.  I have said unto the Lord: ‘Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee.’”   The word michtam is a transliteration from the Hebrew and literally means from gold or from the...

WORD STUDY – REJOICE WITH TREMBLING

Psalms 2:11: “Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.   Do you realize there are over 16 words in the Hebrew for rejoice or joy.  How many words do we have in English for joy?   Whatever is important in a culture is reflected in the language. ...

WORD STUDY – BETROTHED TO JESUS

Hosea 2:19, “And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.”   There is much talk among Christians today of being the bride of Christ and being married to...

WORD STUDY – A SELFISH GOD

Proverbs 16:4 “The LORD hath made all [things] for himself.   From first reading of this passage it would appear that God is a very selfish God.  But then the word selfish tends to carry a negative connotation. There is a positive spin on selfishness. Do we not...