Psalms 27:11: “Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” My prayer for the New Year of 2016: Oh Lord: I am trying to pick up the pieces On a chapter of my life that has closed I know Oh Lord you
Psalms 65:2: “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” The use of the word shama (hear) has a number of possible English equivalents. You really need to consider the context before deciding what English word to plug in. For instance the word shama rendered in Psalms 65:2 as hear in
Psalms 27:11: “Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” So the Psalmist is asking God to teach him His way. We know he is asking God because he says: “O Lord or YHWH.” We could probably render this as: “Teach me Jehovah’s
Psalms 29:11: The Lord will give strength to His people,’’ So Psalms 28:7 tells us that the Lord is our strength and then in Psalms 29:1 we are told that the mighty men are to give the Lord strength and now we learn that the Lord will give us strength. So it seems
I Kings 17:18: “And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?” There is a question that always comes to mind when I read this passage: “Why did the
Luke 2:8 “And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.” We hear this Christmas story so much around this time of year that we never really stop to think about it or wonder about some obvious questions. As a child I often
Jeremiah 44:18-19: “But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring our libations to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine. And when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven, and were pouring out drink offerings unto her, did we
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Fall on your knees – English Caer de rodillas – Spanish Spadnie na kolana – Polish Dao zai ni de xigai (I think) Chinese Cadere in
Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” “Prayer does not change God, prayer changes us.” C.S. Lewis This verse raises some questions in my mind. Does God repent? Does God do evil? From
Matthew 6:13: “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” As I seek to understand a new dimension that God is leading me in my prayer life, I am finding myself using the Lord’s prayer more often. In this use of the Lord’s Prayer I am discovering that I haven’t the
