Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds. I am sure you have had an itch that you could not reach. Usually it’s right in the middle of your back. If you are lucky you can find someone who will scratch it for you. I want […]
Psalm 37: 7 a Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Pick a word in the verse that you don’t like. Go ahead; there are plenty of opportunities there. Let’s see, how about rest, wait and patiently? How can such a short verse have so many challenges in it? I am learning that […]
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and try me; test my mind and my heart. This is a prayer we all need to make to the Lord but it might be a little frightening to ask God to look into the secret places of your heart. The very fact that it is a bit scary […]
Isaiah 2: 22 Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; for why should he be esteemed? The prophet Isaiah taught the futility of having our trust in a person or in mankind generally. For an even more clear recitation of this senselessness, let us look at the NIV version of this […]
Psalm 27: 4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to meditate in His temple. I have used this verse before but the Lord led me […]
1 Samuel 17: 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.”Imagine being on the sidelines the day that David entered […]
Joshua 6: 2 NIV Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. […]
