26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when tho...
Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15. Psalm 74-77 New King James Version A Plea for Relief from Oppressors A [a]Contemplation of Asaph. 74 O God, why have You cast us off forever?Why does Your anger smoke against...
Scores of people feel overwhelmed when it comes to reading the Bible. Maybe you’re shaking your head in agreement, thinking, Yes. That’s me...
Overstimulation:We get overstimulated when things are too intense. I was in a church recently and the beautiful music and blend of voices overwhelmed me. I became very emotional. It was too much. Afterward I felt wiped out and needed to be home by myself for the rest of the day to un...
According to the Bible, Book of Genesis 1:9-13, the earth was created on the third day, and as per verses 14 to 19, the sun and the moon were created on the fourth day. The earth and the moon emanated, as we know, from their original star, the Sun. Hence to place the creation...
10 But similarly [it overwhelmed] both/and/also James [Iakwbon] and John, [the] sons of Zebedee [The saints and the unsanctified JWs, sons of Russell], who were partners [koinwnoj a noun which when used as an adjective takes the same meaning as koinoj - Liddell and Scott and Moun...
It's hard to narrow down the key verses in these rich passages: "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,19and his incomparably great power for us...
In this, however, he was mistaken, the remains being of Christian origin.Various identifications have been proposed. Coba, about 6 miles West of Jerusalem, was for a time generally accepted. Robinson (BR, III, 151 f) suggested LaTrun. There is now a consensus of opinion in favor of el-...
The word for “monument” is “he has built something by his own hand for himself,” a statue being the likely choice here. Whatever it was, Saul built it by his own hand for himself. In other words, Saul was so consumed with himself that before he went to do what God commanded him...
John came in the Judean desert, as the prophecy had said. And his task was to "prepare the way of the Lord," that is, construct a straight highway that the King would use to enter his kingdom. This would involve change of heart. Isaiah uses the analogy of valley's being filled and...