Word Study: Abusive Husband

  WORD STUDY – ABUSIVE HUSBAND John 4:18: “For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.” We have all heard the story of the woman at the well who had five husbands and the one she was living with was...

Word Study: A Heart Like God’s

WORD STUDY – A HEART LIKE GOD’S I Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord has sought him a man after his own heart.” If there has been one theme for my life in the last ten years, it has been to learn and understand God’s heart. Oddly, I am...

Word Study: Casting השׁלק

WORD STUDY – CASTING השׁלק Psalms 55:23: “Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved (collapse) .” There is the story in Rabbinic literature of a poor man who had no wagon or donkey to carry his heavy bundles....

Word Study: A Sin To The Lord

WORD STUDY – A SIN TO THE LORD 1 Samuel 12:23: “Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:” “He who loves God does not demand that God love him.” Baruch Spinoza Ok, we...

Word Study: Affliction

WORD STUDY – AFFLICTION – אנה Psalms 119:67: “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.” I run into lot of teaching that God wants everyone healthy and that He never brings affliction on anyone. I mean people got pretty emotional if you were...

Word Study: Fat As Grease

WORD STUDY – FAT AS GREASE Psalms 119:70: “Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.” “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” ― C.S. Lewis,...