{Lessons from the Almond Tree}

Jeremiah 1:11-12 The word of the Lord came to me saying “What do you see Jeremiah?” And I said I see a rod of an Almond “saqed”  שָׁקֵד tree.  Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching “soqed” שָׁקַד, over my word to...

WORD STUDY – GREAT HEARTFELT REJOICING – שׁשׁ

    Psalms 119:162:  I rejoice at they word as one who findeth great spoil.   The word in the Hebrew here for word is ‘amar and not devar as I thought.   David is rejoicing over simple ‘amar’s  or sayings of God.   Some translations will render this as promises....

WORD STUDY – GOD HAS PROVIDED – פקד יהוה

   Exodus 4:30-31, “And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their...

{After the Rain Comes the Flowers}

The word “winter” חָרַף when spelled in reverse is פָּרַח and is a word for “blossoming”. It is a reminder that there is purpose to every season and that in the end of its cycle, there will be flowers that blossom and fruit that yields! Song...

WORD STUDY: RIPENED FRUIT גמל

Psalm 119:17  Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Deal bountifully is the Hebrew word ‘gamal’גמל and means to mature, ripened fruit, and a child weaned from its mother. Gamal has the idea of being nourished until...