WORD STUDY – I AM WEAK Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.” As I was growing up I would listen to my father sing his favorite to himself and to God. It was the old Country Gospel Song, Just a Closer Walk with
WORD STUDY – NOW I AM OLD – DAY 7 (RETURN FROM SILENCE)ח Psalms 37:25: “I have been young and am now old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken.” It’s over for another year. My week of silence has ended and I have returned from the Northwoods bearded and smelling like a wet
WORD STUDY – THE STONE HEARD ALL THE WORDS (Day 6 In Silence in the Northwoods) Joshua 24:27: “And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness
WORD STUDY: FAITHFULNESS AROUND YOU (DAY 5 IN SILENCE IN THE NORTHWOODS) Psalms 89:8: “O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?” In my moments of fear Through every pain every tear There’s a God who’s been faithful to me When my strength
WORD STUDY – ASK THE BIRDS Gn 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. Luke 19:40: “And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Job
WORD STUDY – A FERVENT PRAYER (Day 3 of Living in Silence in the Northwoods) James 5:16: “Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” I have found that the best moment s of living in Silence
WORD STUDY – PLEASING GOD (DAY 2 in the Northwoods in Silence before God) Hebrews 11:5: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” Genesis 5:24: “And Enoch walked with
WORD STUDY – SURRENDER Jeremiah 29:13: “And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” I am now into my time of silence before God. It rained continually all the way up to the Northwoods. I began to fear this stormy weather might express God’s agenda
FOLLOW MY JOURNEY INTO SILENCE ON TWITTER @intosilence4 WORD STUDY: LED BY THE SPIRIT (ARAMAIC) Matthew 4:1: “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” I go into silence not looking or asking for anything, I go because God has called me to silence. Tomorrow I
WORD STUDY – WOUNDED HEART (ARAMAIC) Luke 9:55: “But he turned and rebuked them and said, ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.” I have sat through a number of Bible studies and Sunday School classes where a verse similar to this is read and someone raises their hand and says:
