WORD STUDY – A FIXED HEART – נכונ לבי Psalms 108:1: “O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise even with my glory.” Ever have one of those times when you carry a burden that just so overwhelms you that you can’t even pray. You try to pray, but
Jn 21:15-17: “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, [son] of Jonas,
Deuteronomy 11:26: “Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.” Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life
Matthew 16:24: “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Practically every modern translation I read will render this as “let him deny himself.” The only exceptions are Young’s Literal Translation which says, “Let him disown himself,”
WORD STUDY – TAKE, SEIZE I Samuel 4:3: “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among us, it
WORD STUDY – AFRAID Job 9:28: “I am afraid of all my sorrow, I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.” Afraid – Hebrew: yagar – To fear for one’s own safety or wellbeing. First let me point out that this word for fear is not the fear used for “fearing the Lord.” That word
