11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up,but they do not see it.Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,for you have indeed done for us all our works.13 O LORD our God,other lords besides you haveContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.”
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Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!
The Introduction written above the Psalm: TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO DO NOT DESTROY. A MIKTAM OF DAVID, WHEN SAUL SENT MEN TO WATCH HIS HOUSE IN ORDER TO KILL 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;protect me from those who rise up against me;2 deliver me from those who work evil,and saveContinue reading “Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!”
Psalm 56: 1-13….How to deal with Pressure!
Introduction: ‘In God I Trust’ is the title of this Psalm. It was written at least in his mind and prayer-life when he was acting ‘insanely’ to protect himself from an enemy amongst whom he was living. They couldn’t help but remember his fighting ability from past encounters with him! The story is told 1Continue reading “Psalm 56: 1-13….How to deal with Pressure!”
Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!
1 Woe to those who devise wickednessand work evil on their beds!When the morning dawns, they perform it,because it is in the power of their hand.2 They covet fields and seize them,and houses, and take them away;they oppress a man and his house,a man and his inheritance.3 Therefore thus says the LORD:behold, against this familyContinue reading “Micah 2: 1-13….The Reason for Christmas!”
Isaiah 9: 1-7….A famous Passage!
1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. Comment: RememberContinue reading “Isaiah 9: 1-7….A famous Passage!”
Rev 21: 22-22:5….Wonder follows Wonder
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk,Continue reading “Rev 21: 22-22:5….Wonder follows Wonder”
Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.
For zeal for your house has consumed me,and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkardsContinue reading “Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.”
Esther 8: 10b-17….Hurry, before it is too late!
Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on swift horses that were used in the king’s service, bred from the royal stud, saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any peopleContinue reading “Esther 8: 10b-17….Hurry, before it is too late!”
Amos 4:13-ch5:3…..Open your eyes – and see!
For behold,He who forms mountains,And creates the wind,Who declares to man what his thought is,And makes the morning darkness,Who treads the high places of the earth—The LORD God of hosts is His name. Comment: Yesterday you were warned to Prepare to meet God. Think hard about what He can do!Hear this word which I takeContinue reading “Amos 4:13-ch5:3…..Open your eyes – and see!”
Genesis 48: 8-16….The Two Boys Blessed.
When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.” Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So JosephContinue reading “Genesis 48: 8-16….The Two Boys Blessed.”
As I read it! 