Many of the prophets in the Old Testament spoke in graphic language at times to convey the impact that their message carried. And the prophet Ezekiel is no different. In chapter 16, the Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel, likening the city of Jerusalem to a cast off birth that no one wanted. But the LORD […]
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“Blessed is the man who trusts in
the LORD,
whose trust is in the LORD.
He is like a tree planted by
water,
that sends out its roots by the
stream,
and does not fear when heat
comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of
drought,
for it does not cease to […]
“And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward” (Isaiah 37.21 ESV)
. …take root downward…bear fruit upward. This is the secret of a healthy spiritual life.
The fruit of the Spirit is not a checklist of things I should be doing, or how I should be trying to […]
I’m reading through Isaiah again, and I came across one of the two portions of scripture that the LORD gave me when I received assurance of my salvation.
Isaiah 12 (ESV)
The LORD Is My Strength and My Song
You will say in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O LORD,
for though you were angry with me,
your […]
Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked […]
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another.”
(Romans 12:15-16a ESV)
There are times in this life that we cannot wear that t-shirt that reads “Life Is Good.” Sometimes, if the slogan on our apparel reflected what was really going on in our hearts, it would read, “Life […]
King David wrote,
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him,
and I […]
I read Nehemiah this morning and was struck by the prayerful attitude of this man. The whole second half of chapter 1 is a prayer of confession and intercession. And then we jump to chapter 2 where Nehemiah is about to ask a pagan king for permission and provision to go rebuild the wall around […]
The Old Testament is full of types of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And king David, several times, acts or speaks in a manner that is a precursor to his coming Lord. There is one account that I came across last night that I noticed before, but forgot about. It speaks so clearly […]
kinsman redeemer
Posted in Theology, Scripture, Faith, Missional on Dec 21st, 2007
In Deuteronomy 25:5-10, the law of a kinsman redeemer is spelled out this way: “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go into her and take her as his […]
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