I Samuel 8:5: “And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.(6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. (7) And
Psalms 63:8: “My soul follow hard after you, your right hand upholds me.” I don’t know about you but I have a hard time (that’s a pun) reconciling coincidences as just beating out the odds or as a message from God. For instance this morning I was reading about rabbis who entered a
Deuteronomy 30:20: “That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
Psalms 73:26: “My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” “I went to an Asperger support group, but no one showed up.” Chaim Bentorah This morning as I was driving to Rockford and fumbling with my GPS because I was certain I had
Exodus 8:2,7 “And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: (7) And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.” I have always wondered about this matter of the plague of frogs brought upon Egypt. Why frogs?
Psalms 127:1: A song of Ascent for Solomon: “Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” Solomon’s Temple was called Solomon’s Temple for good reason. There was more Solomon in building the Temple than God. Thus this was more Solomon’s temple than it was God’s temple with regard to
Genesis 22:14: “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount where the LORD is seen.” Gn 24:63: “ And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
Psalms 119:25: “My soul cleaveth unto the dust, quicken thou me according to thy word.” “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer Most Christian commentators interpret the phrase; My soul cleaveth unto
Psalm 78:24-25: “And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.” If you read the context of this passage you will find it relates to the story of the children of
Psalms 118:13-14: “Thou pushed me hard and I nearly fell, But the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my song and He has become my salvation.” Songs in the daytime, songs in the night Songs of devotion, songs of delight. In my heart singing, A melody ringing Jesus sings me
