WORD STUDY – WILLING Willing – Hebrew: ‘avah – willing, incline, desirous, wishing. Isaiah 1:19: “If you be willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. “One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.” Dietrich Bonhoffer The word for “willing” is “’avah” which is spelled “Alep, Beth, Hei.” Jewish literature
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Samuel 18:9: “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” I remember hearing an evangelist tell of a time he went to a church in some back water town. He was asked to conduct a two week revival. After the first few days he
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Job 12:22: “He discovereth deep things out of the darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.” My study partner has a friend who related a dream to us. In this dream she found she was in the ocean and was sinking down to
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Song of Solomon 4:7 “Thou art all fair my love; there is no spot in thee.” I find this passage very interesting when it comes to seeing how translators handle it. In verse 8 we find that for the first time Solomon refers to his beloved
Good Morning Yaman Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 95:2: “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with Psalms.” If you have been reading my journal you probably know that I don’t speak a party line, I don’t join in any reindeer games nor do I
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” “Be nice to the people you meet going up because they are the same people you will meet going down.” Jimmy Durante. We have all heard the old Proverb “Pride goeth before a
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: Psalms 47:6-7: “Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth, Sing ye praises with understanding.” I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but apparently David is telling us to sing
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 13:6: “I will sing unto the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.” In our culture we hear the word “bountiful” and we think of an abundance of food or money. Who would not sing if he walked into a room full of money
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Nehemiah 8:10 “The joy of the lord is your strength.” I recall seeing a photograph a few years ago of five pastors living in country which persecuted Christians. These five pastors were all in prison. They were sent to prison for no other reason than the
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Mark 8:25: “And after that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored and saw every man clearly.” About 30 years ago I suffered from a chronic eye disease called iritis. This was an inflammation in the
