BEYOND THE DALETH – HOLY – קדשׁ

by | Feb 21, 2016 | Devotionals

     Joshua 3:5; And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”   I will usually start my evening/morning study reading my Hebrew Bible.  When I reach a verse that seems interesting I will check it out...

WORD STUDY – BEAUTY – יפה

by | Feb 21, 2016 | Devotionals

Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He hath made everything beautiful in His time.”   “I think I am beginning to understand it.”   Pierre Augusta Renoir   The great impressionist painter, Renoir, was fascinated with beauty and spent his life trying to understand what made...

WORD STUDY – HE ANSWERED ME –ענני

by | Feb 19, 2016 | Devotionals

     Psalm 34:4: “I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.”   The way this passage is translated always bothered me.  “I sought the Lord and he answered me.”  If you are seeking you find, if you are asking you get an...

WORD STUDY – A CURSE – קללה

by | Feb 19, 2016 | Devotionals

    Deuteronomy 11:26: “ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.”   Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and...

WORD STUDY – THE HUMBLE – ענה

by | Feb 16, 2016 | Devotionals

  Psalms 34:2: “My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.”   I find the contrast to be quite interesting.  The soul will boast and the humble will be glad. I don’t know about but I am never glad when I hear...