Posts Tagged ‘provision’
I am your inheritance
Taken from a personal journal entry dated October 23, 2018 Then the LORD said to Aaron: “You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel. Numbers 18:20 NKJV What does it mean to have God as…
Read MoreJohn 6:35 Better than Costco
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.” John 6:35 NASB Not and Never. No. Not. Ever. Never. What is it that is negated, cancelled, denied? Hunger and thirst. Who? Those that come to him. Simple.…
Read MoreProverbs 13:23 Turning graves into gardens
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. Proverbs 13:23 NASB One could read this two ways: The fallow ground is producing the food on it’s own — a volunteer crop; or the land has much potential, if only there was one to cultivate it. Either…
Read MoreProverbs 12:21 Silencing Dr. Dastardly
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. Proverbs 12:21 (NASB) A very literal translation from the Hebrew Lexicon: “No trouble, sorrow, wickedness, will have opportunity, to meet or encounter opportunely, with the just, righteous, but to the wicked, criminal, to be full, to fill, evil, distress, misery injury, calamity. Rotherham…
Read MoreProverbs 12:12 Deep roots
The lawless man craves the prey [gain] of the wicked, But the root of the righteous is enduring. Proverbs 12:12 (Rotherham) The wicked covet the catch of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit. Proverbs 12:12 NKJV Man craves. I see then I want. My desire combined with my values create the…
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