Remember Isaiah quoted God as saying “There is no peace for the wicked” and Paul said that “He (Jesus) himself is our peace”. The Psalmist follows these same lines in Psalm 37, and even manages to provide a concept Jesus will use in one of His sermons recorded in Matthew. In Psalm 37:10-11 we read…
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Peace
God meant it for good
Wow. What a powerful concept. In its original context, Joseph is speaking with his brothers. You may know the story. If not, here’s a brief recap. Joseph was the 11th son of Jacob (otherwise know as Israel). He was pretty much hated by his older brothers, because he was Jacob’s favorite. They talked about killing…
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Acknowledgements
Credit. We all want it. It’s a pride thing, isn’t it? If we do something notable, don’t we want people to know about it? I know I certainly do, and I especially don’t want somebody else to get credit for something I’ve done. In my bible reading this morning (Matthew 9 and 10), I read…
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Today’s play list
As I write I’m listening to music from Sovereign Grace Music – two of my favorite newer albums (can we still call them albums?). Upward, the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project and Valley of Vision, based on the Puritan Prayers of the same name. Wonderful text, some old hymns and some new, great melody lines, all…
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I Will…
I’m working on a personal Bible study. Over the last couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time in the Psalms, and noticed a lot of recurring themes and phrases. One of them that has taken me is “I will”. It comes from at least two different perspectives, that of the psalmist, saying what…
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The Palms of His Hand
Today’s reading passage in my project to read through the Bible this year was in Isaiah, chapters 46-50. It’s amazing how there is always something to take away, a phrase that strikes home, a glimpse into a deeper meaning from another reference passage, or maybe a thought of a hymn or other song, regardless of…
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A Present Salvation
Here are the closing lines from this Puritan Prayer from The Valley of Vision. What a great way to live! Help me to be in reality before thee as in appearance I am before men, to be religious before I profess religion, to leave the world before I enter the church, to set my affections…
