WORD STUDY – STRANGE GODS – זור

by | Mar 23, 2016 | Devotionals

Deuteronomy 32:16: “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods…”   The phrase “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods” is only two words in the Hebrew:  Yikeni’ahu  bizim.   Jack Benny had a routine where he was in some far off jungle and found...

WORD STUDY – DECEIVED – פתה

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Devotionals

  Deuteronomy 11:16: “Take heed to yourselves that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.”   “No man can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will be devoted to one and...

WORD STUDY – MY SUPPLICATION – תחנוני

by | Mar 20, 2016 | Devotionals

    Ps 130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.   What is a supplications?  I don’t know why, I am sure it is just me, but I get a creepy feeling when I think of supplication.   Webster defines a supplication...

WORD STUDY – VOICE – קול

by | Mar 19, 2016 | Devotionals

  Psalms 130:2: “Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.”   “Let thine ears be attentive” Stop and think about it for a moment.  Does God have ears?  Why would a spirit need ears? Ears simply pick up sound waves and...

WORD STUDY – FROM THE DEPTH – ממעמקמ

by | Mar 17, 2016 | Devotionals

  Ps 130:1:  “Song of degrees. “Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.”   A song of degrees in Hebrew is hama’aloth shir which literally means Song of Ascents.  It has also been rendered as Gradual Psalms, Songs of steps or Pilgrim songs.  Most...