Isaiah 29:13, “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me…” I once taught drama in a high school and I would always tell my acting students that a really true actor is one
Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?” The word used here for deceitful is very curious. It is the ‘aqov. It comes from the same root where we get the word Jacob which means to grab by the heel. It is from this story of
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end (aharit אחרית) from the beginning, And from ancient times (qadam קדם )things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’. End “Aharit”: To go after, past, behind, and future are all usages for “aharit”. How can a word mean both past and
Matthew 11:28-30, “Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.” I
Psalms 118:5 “I called upon the Lord in my distress; the Lord answered me and set me in a large place.” So there you have it. Whenever you are in distress just call upon the Lord and He will set you in a large place. Just between you and me whenever I am in
Deuteronomy 21:10, “When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,” This is an amazing chapter in the Bible from which you may have never heard a sermon preached. This chapter talks about taking a wife from
Psalms 105:19: “Until the time that his word came, the word of the Lord tried him.” Nehemiah 8:10, “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” We assume that our strength comes for the joy God gives to us. Ever stop to ask where that joy comes from? Joseph
Psalm 38:1, “A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.” It seems like David really crossed the line this time, now he is really frightened that God is going to burn with His wrath and really whip him this
Luke 2:7, “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” Ezekiel 16:3-4, “And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; thy
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
