To you, O LORD, I call;my rock, be not deaf to me,lest, if you be silent to me,I become like those who go down to the pit….. Blessed be the LORD!For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.The LORD is my strength and my shield;in him my heart trusts, and I amContinue reading “Psalm 28: 1 & 6-9….The assurance of faith.”
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Psalm 27: 5-10…..Thinking positively.
For he will hide me in his shelterin the day of trouble;he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;he will lift me high upon a rock.And now my head shall be lifted upabove my enemies all around me,and I will offer in his tentsacrifices with shouts of joy;I will sing and make melodyContinue reading “Psalm 27: 5-10…..Thinking positively.”
Mark 15: 33-39…. The greatest agony of all!
And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he isContinue reading “Mark 15: 33-39…. The greatest agony of all!”
Mark 12: 32-34…..How come ‘not far’?
And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is much more than allContinue reading “Mark 12: 32-34…..How come ‘not far’?”
Mark 11: 12-14 & 20-26….A split story.
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said toContinue reading “Mark 11: 12-14 & 20-26….A split story.”
Mark 5: 21-24 & 35-37….The trials of God delaying answers!
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is atContinue reading “Mark 5: 21-24 & 35-37….The trials of God delaying answers!”
Mark 3: 31-35…..Jesus’ Family.
And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those whoContinue reading “Mark 3: 31-35…..Jesus’ Family.”
Galatians 4: 8-20….Who is this about?
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want toContinue reading “Galatians 4: 8-20….Who is this about?”
Galatians 4: 1-7…..Adoption.
I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principlesContinue reading “Galatians 4: 1-7…..Adoption.”
Galatians 3: 15-21…. Which wins? Law or God’s Promise.
To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who isContinue reading “Galatians 3: 15-21…. Which wins? Law or God’s Promise.”