WORD STUDY – CRY AND AFFLICTION

WORD STUDY – CRY AND AFFLICTION

Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” When I was teaching in an academic setting, I never referred to the gematria because it is usually considered very unacademic.  The Western...
WORD STUDY – SPEAKING THE HEART

WORD STUDY – SPEAKING THE HEART

Judges 16:18: “And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, come up at this once for he has shown me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and brought money in their...
WORD STUDY – PRESS ON

WORD STUDY – PRESS ON

I Chronicles 16:11: “Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.”   Whose doesn’t love hidden secrets from satires, allegories to metaphors.  Who doesn’t love to search for hidden meanings.  Hidden meanings has been a staple in literature from...
WORD STUDY – THIS TOO SHALL PASS

WORD STUDY – THIS TOO SHALL PASS

  Daniel 2:21 “And he changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.”   “This too shall pass.”  Attar of Nishapur   Attar of Nishapur, a Persian Sufi Poet,...

WORD STUDY – TO SEE GOD’S GLORY

Exodus 33:18: “O’ Let me see your Glory.”   Do you ever find yourself asking something from God and then you stop and wonder, “What in the world am I asking for?”  Asking to see the glory of God is something I find myself doing when in the heat of worship and...