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...

WORD STUDY – BARAR

by | Dec 2, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 22:27: “With the pure thou will show thyself pure, and with the fraudulent thou wilt show thyself unsavory.”   This passage is part of a Psalm of praise by David.  It is the same as Psalm 18:26. This sounds real good that to the pure he will be pure....

WORD STUDY – B’OUNI B’ONI

by | Dec 1, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 16:11b-12:   “Let him alone, let him curse for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.”   “If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is...

WORD STUDY – TOO LITTLE

by | Nov 29, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 12:8; “And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.”   “As the last...

WORD STUDY – AN EVIL SPIRIT

by | Nov 28, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 18:10: “And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the house.”   “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles...