HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE GOLDEN YEARS

by | Nov 14, 2014 | Devotionals

Genesis 24:1, “And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.”   In Wednesday night’s prayer meeting our pastor’s son gave the announcements before turning the service over to his father, the pastor, and as he put...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TEMPTING GOD

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Devotionals

Isaiah 7:11-12: “Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord.”   Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much is expected.”   Generally, we will not escape...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TRAPPING GOD

by | Nov 11, 2014 | Devotionals

  Matthew 6:7:  “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”   I read this passage in the Aramaic this morning and discovered something very interesting.  The word that...

WORD STUDY – THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST

by | Nov 10, 2014 | Devotionals

Deuteronomy  29:10-11: “Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood...

HEBREW WORD STUDY – THE CIRCULAR PATH

by | Nov 9, 2014 | Devotionals

  Psalm 17:5: “Hold up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not.”   “I thought I understood, but I do not understand His ways.”  General Lee after the Battle of Gettysburg.   Most modern translations render this as a statement of fact rather...