Psalms 121:1: “I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help?” Mark 13:14: “But when you see the abomination of desolations spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, let him that readeth understand, then let them be that be in Judea flee to the mountains.”
Deuteronomy 8:10: “When you have eaten and are satisfied, then thou shalt bless the Lord your God for the good land which he has given you.” When I read this I think of a time a few years ago when I was eating in a restaurant and some good old Southern Baptist preacher
Psalms 23:5-6: “Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies, thou anoints my head with oil, my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” This is one of those passages
Deuteronomy 9:5: “Not for the righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations and that he may perform the word which the Lord confirmed unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” It doesn’t take a deep study into the
Deuteronomy 11:16: “Take heed to yourselves that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.” “No man can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will be devoted to one and despise the other, no man can
Deuteronomy 22:6: “If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. You may take the young but be sure to let the mother go, so that
Jeremiah 2:2: “Go and cry into the ears of Jerusalem and saying, Thus said the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in land that was not sown.” Some years ago I had an elder friend named George. He was
Deuteronomy 2:3: “Enough of your circling this mountain, turn yourself north.” Years ago I saw a book in a Christian bookstore which was titled: “One More Lap Around The Mountain.” That title sure can strike home to many of us. The word mountain in the Hebrew is har. The numerical value for
Psalms 121:4: “Behold, he that keepth Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” “Sometimes exhausted with toil and endeavor, I wish I could sleep forever and ever; But then this reflection My longing allays I shall be doing it One of these days” Piet Hein The word keepth in Hebrew is shamar which means to be
Isaiah 39:8: “Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.” II Chronicles 32:26: “However, Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath
