• , Psalms  91:16:  “With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”   I have often had a problem with this verse.   It appears from reading this verse in every modern translation and commentaries that if we trust God, keep our eyes on Him, love Him and bond with Him we will

  • John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.   John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.   Of course we all know what

  • Luke 10:20: “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.” Psalms 69:28: “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.” The Book of Life was a common theme when I was

  • Psalms 23:2,6:  “ He makes me lie down in green pastures…Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”   Practically every English translation will translate that last phrase as I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

  • Last week I shared from Psalm 119 (which is arranged in an acrostic style) with a verse that starts with the letter Aleph (א) and this week I’m going to continue with the letter Bet(ב). Psalm 119:10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; Do not let me wander from Thy commandments What’s interesting about this first word with all (בכל)  is that though it means

  • Psalms 16:5-6: “The Lord is my portion and my cup, you maintain my lot, the lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, indeed my heritage is beautiful to me.   “We are all made to suffer, it is our lot in life.”   C3PO – Star Wars   We seemed to have picked up an

  •   Genesis 2:7: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”   Remember the song from Fiddler on The Roof?  LaChaim.  (la – to, chaim – life).  What were they celebrating?   They were, of course, celebrating

  • Genesis 2:7: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”   Remember the song from Fiddler on The Roof?  LaChaim.  (la – to, chaim – life).  What were they celebrating?   They were, of course, celebrating life. 

  • Continuing in Psalm 119 with the letter “dalet” ד which is shaped like a door or a man bent over in humility. Dalet is spelled דלת and has two possible root words. Some of its meanings are: door, gate, doors to heaven such as a portal, and also to be delivered from prison. Other possible usages are:

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: John 8:32: “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” I used to love to have arguments –uh, discussions with my Jehovah Witness friends.  Invariably we would approach an impasse such as John 1:1 which they render as “The Word was