Psalm 65 starts with silence and ends with shouting and singing. Sometimes our silent worship and contemplation of God’s word and character will erupt into boisterous praise. Sometimes singing God’s songs with other believers will give us something to take home and think about in silence. Some...
Honestly, it’s just a lovely book that I think will really help you enter into Advent and prepare for the coming of Christ–and with how short Advent is this year, we need all the help we can get! I’m so convinced that this devotional will be a blessing to you that I’m going...
On this note, let us turn to Psalm 132. Like 2 Samuel 23, this Scripture speaks of David’s kingship and the LORD’s covenant. But it starts with a reference to David’s hardship, and his determination to establish a dwelling place for his God, which is most likely to be the temple...
Conner, Caitlin M., Amy Ionadi, and Carla A. Mazefsky. “Recent Research Points to a Clear Conclusion: Autistic People Are Thinking About, and Dying by, Suicide at High Rates.” The Pennsylvania Journal on Positive Approaches 12, no. 3 (November 2023): 69–76. “[A]utistic people are...
Isaiah 66:7-24is about the coming of Jesus and His New Covenant. Isaiah starts this chapter by condemning those who trust in physical things for their salvation. He ends this prophecy with a promise that the “new heaven” and “new earth” (verses 20-23) would be established with Jews...
• That’s the time to have the Seder meal, including Unleavened Bread, since the 15h of Aviv starts at sunset and is the First Day of Unleavened Bread. • Feast of Unleavened Bread (FULB) lasts 7 days: from sunset April 5 til April 12 at sunset. ...
This typical objection to the existence of God almost always starts with an “If” followed by a “why.” “If” there is a God, then “why” is there suffering in this world? “If there is a God,“why” did He let my mother die?” “If” there is a God, “why” do I stru...
Learning to think the way that God thinks starts with positive scriptures. In the scriptures you find the resources to become a entirely new person and to live God's plan for your life. Scripture affirmations are a good place to learn how God thinks, and to start applying what you have ...
Above I mentioned that with my kids I often said, “They’ll be fine.” I’m not that way when it comes to finances. Finances can make me very anxious. I can fixate on finance. It sure doesn’t help that talk about the economy seems to be everywhere we turn. Many of us think ...
How God Communicates With Tomorrow: Now the controversial part is this...Should I not partake of the Supper when I'm not feeling right with my brother, lest damnation comes upon me? One interpretation revealed unto me by the Holy Spirit was to "take". For in so doing, if one is truly...