WORD STUDY – FEAR NOT

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Devotionals

Isaiah 41:12-13,  “Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help...

WORD STUDY – ONCE YOUNG BUT NOW OLD

by | Aug 14, 2014 | Devotionals

Psalms 37:25: “I have been young and am now old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken.”   Today feels like one of those days that I am being struck down (but not destroyed – II Corinthians 4:9) but still struck down on all fronts. It was just one of those...

WORD STUDY – DELIGHTING IN GOD

by | Aug 13, 2014 | Devotionals

      Psalm 37:3-4 “Trust in the Lord and do good, dwell in the land and cherish faithfulness.  So shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”   “Dwell in the land…”   Does that not go without...

WORD STUDY – SHELTERED IN THE HEART OF GOD

by | Aug 11, 2014 | Devotionals

Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”   I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for beset which is sur. As a noun this is what Moses struck to get...

WORD STUDY – PEACE IS YOUR UMPIRE

by | Aug 10, 2014 | Devotionals

Psalms 120:2: “Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.”   At first reading it appears that the writer is saying: “Lord make those gossiping about me shut up, punch ‘em in the mouth.”  But upon closer examination, the writer is not...