Fret not yourself because of evildoers;be not envious of wrongdoers!For they will soon fade like the grassand wither like the green herb.Trust in the LORD, and do good;dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.Delight yourself in the LORD,and he will give you the desires of your heart.Commit your way to the LORD;trust in him, andContinue reading “Psalm 37: 1-7…..Simply trusting.”
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Psalm 36: 7-12….Celebrated victory!
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.They feast on the abundance of your house,and you give them drink from the river of your delights.For with you is the fountain of life;in your light do we see light.Oh, continue your steadfast love to thoseContinue reading “Psalm 36: 7-12….Celebrated victory!”
Psalm 36: 1-6….A comparison between the wicked and God.
Transgression speaks to the wickeddeep in his heart;there is no fear of Godbefore his eyes.For he flatters himself in his own eyesthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;he has ceased to act wisely and do good.He plots trouble while on his bed;he sets himself inContinue reading “Psalm 36: 1-6….A comparison between the wicked and God.”
Genesis 9: 1-6….What is this about blood?
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish ofContinue reading “Genesis 9: 1-6….What is this about blood?”
Genesis 8: 20-22….A covenant with Noah.
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intentionContinue reading “Genesis 8: 20-22….A covenant with Noah.”
Genesis 8: 14-19….A new beginning.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. Then God said to Noah, “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animalsContinue reading “Genesis 8: 14-19….A new beginning.”
Genesis 8: 6-13….On dry land again!
At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face ofContinue reading “Genesis 8: 6-13….On dry land again!”
Genesis 8: 1-5….A brief summary of a 5 month drenching!
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and the watersContinue reading “Genesis 8: 1-5….A brief summary of a 5 month drenching!”
Genesis 7: 17-24….Watery desolation.
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the highContinue reading “Genesis 7: 17-24….Watery desolation.”
Genesis 7: 11-16…..The promised came.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. On the very same dayContinue reading “Genesis 7: 11-16…..The promised came.”
As I read it! 