WORD STUDY – WANDERING

by | Nov 10, 2013 | Devotionals

Ecclesiastes 6:9: “Better is the sight of eyes than the wandering of the desire, this is also vanity and the vexation of the spirit.” One of  the stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’ s “Canterbury Tales” is entitled “The Pardoner’s Tail” In this story he makes reference to...

WORD STUDY – A BROKEN HEART

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Devotionals

Psalms 34:18 The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.   I once had an orthodox rabbi tell me, “You Christians, you do not understand the heart of David, you are so one dimensional.”   Indeed we are, for...

WORD STUDY – BRIDE AND GROOM

by | Sep 28, 2013 | Devotionals

Isaiah 62:5: “For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee. And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.”   This is an interesting poetic expression. In the first part of this verse in Isaiah it appears...

Word Study – First Fruit

by | Jul 23, 2013 | Devotionals

Exodus 23:19:  “The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God, Thou shalt not seethe a yearling in his mother’s milk.”     The word fruit is thrown around a lot.  “By their fruits you shall known them…”  We...

Devotional Joel 2:28

by | May 22, 2013 | Devotionals

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Joel 2:28: “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see...