WORD STUDY – HUMBLE YOURSELF

by | Nov 14, 2013 | Devotionals

II Chronicles 12:7: “”And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah saying: they have humbled themselves, then I will not destroy them.”   Solomon’s administrative policies developed some dangerous principles.  His...

WORD STUDY – NEVU (PROPHESY)

by | Nov 13, 2013 | Devotionals

I Samuel 19:20: “And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.”   Saul sends out his goons...

WORD STUDY – ZAMAR AND TELILLAH

by | Nov 12, 2013 | Devotionals

Psalms 147:1, “Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.”   As one linguist once said, “Every English translation of the Bible is at best a paraphrase.” This is why you have so many different...

WORD STUDY – NAME

by | Nov 11, 2013 | Devotionals

John 14:12  “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”   This is an amazing promise and Jesus repeats it two times.   In two consecutive verses Jesus...

WORD STUDY – WANDERING

by | Nov 10, 2013 | Devotionals

Ecclesiastes 6:9: “Better is the sight of eyes than the wandering of the desire, this is also vanity and the vexation of the spirit.” One of  the stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’ s “Canterbury Tales” is entitled “The Pardoner’s Tail” In this story he makes reference to...