WORD STUDY – THE GIFT

by | Dec 8, 2013 | Devotionals

Ecclesiastes 5:19: “Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth and hath given power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labor, this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 6:2: “A man to whom God has given riches, wealth and honor so...

WORD STUDY – LEAP OVER WALLS

by | Dec 7, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel  22:30:  For by thee I have run through a troop; by my God have I leaped over a wall.”   The Talmud instructs that we are never to lose the pashat, that is, the literal interpretation of a verse.  Although Jewish tradition teaches that there are 70...

WORD STUDY – STAND (IN RESPECT AND AWE)

by | Dec 6, 2013 | Devotionals

II Kings 5:15-16:  Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company and he came and stood before him.  And he said: ‘Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a blessing from your servant.’  But he said: ‘As the Lord...

WORD STUDY – KANA

by | Dec 5, 2013 | Devotionals

II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.”   II Chronicles 12:7: “And when...

WORD STUDY – AFTER THEIR MANNER

by | Dec 4, 2013 | Devotionals

  I Kings 18:28, “And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.”   This classic story pits God Jehovah against the god Baal worshipped by King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom of...