I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV ThroughoutContinue reading “Walk Together”
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The Order of Life
Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting? Does he not finally plant his seeds—black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat—each in its proper way, and each in its proper place? The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding. IsaiahContinue reading “The Order of Life”
Walking
When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me and become all you were ever meant to be. Genesis 17:1 (Author’s translation) Thus says Yahweh, “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they distanced themselves from me, and walked afterContinue reading “Walking”
Everlasting Covenant
Everlasting Covenant “I have made an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.” Isaiah 55:3 (NLT) In Genesis 17 God makes the promise that his covenant with Abraham’s descendants will be an eternal one. Earlier, in Genesis 9:16 God had made an everlasting covenant to Noah that he would not destroyContinue reading “Everlasting Covenant”
Bones
“Joseph said to his brothers, “I am going to die, but God will certainly act for you and bring you up from this land to the one he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Then he made the Israelites swear, saying, “When God acts for you, you must carry my bones up forContinue reading “Bones”
Fruitful and Multiply
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:28 NLT Think about that first commandment that the Creator gave to his human creatures: “Have lotsContinue reading “Fruitful and Multiply”
Crushing His Enemies
You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. Psalm 2:9 NLT The Lord will march forth like a mighty hero; he will come out like a warrior, full of fury. He will shout his battle cry and crush all his enemies. Isaiah 42:13 NLT The Old TestamentContinue reading “Crushing His Enemies”
I Will
I will be careful to live a blameless life— when will you come to help me? Psalm 101:2 NLT The fundamental principle in inductive Bible study is observation. That is, looking at the text carefully to see what is actually there. The point is that you can’t interpret what you haven’t seen. So what do you look for? One of theContinue reading “I Will”
Love One Another
Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your loveContinue reading “Love One Another”
Love- Human and Divine
How beautiful and how pleasing you are, my love, with your delights. Song of Songs 7:6 NIV Have you ever asked yourself what the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon) is doing in the Bible? If you have, you are certainly not alone. The book has created problems for interpreters for about as farContinue reading “Love- Human and Divine”
Called To Be Transformed 