this the Lordappointed seventy-two[b]othersand sent them two by twoahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.2He told them,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field....
whose pages are infinite”. I don’t know who wrote these words, but I’ve always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be. We are all in the position of the farmers. If we plant a good seed ,we reap a good harvest. If we plant nothing at al...
That enlightenment helps explain that puzzling first line, “Joy to the world, the Lordiscome” (emphasis added). I’ve often wondered why Watts didn’t choose “hascome.” Ms. Poblete gives us indication. God’s grace (explained in part by the acronym, God’s Riches at Christ’s Expen...
It ispossiblethat thehousebuilt here (see verse 1) is actually a family. “It may also signify the raising of a family, especially because this section precedes a unit in which the family is emphasized as a reward from the Lord (vv. 3–5). In the OT it is usual to speak of a fam...
are doing their thing. “All by itself, the soil produces corn.” And the seed knows the steps of growth – they are programmed into the seed: “first the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.” And when it is ripe and ready, the man comes to harvest the result....
Kind5 is my love to-day,to-morrow kind, Still constant6 in a wondrous excellence; Therefore my verse,to constancy confined7, One thing expressing,leaves out difference8. "Fair,kind and true"is all my argument9, "Fair,kind,and true,"varying to other words10; And in this change is my...
lighting and awareness imperative, thunder and the word, seed and sower, all are one: and it is neccesary only for man to ask for his seed to be chosen and to pray for the soer within to sow it through the deed and act of himself, and then the harvest for all will be golden and...
J. R. Ring,Harvest(1885) This is the fifth time in ten years of blogging that I have observed the feast day of poet-priest George Herbert—”the greatest devotional poet in the English language”[i]—with a reflection on his poetic “heart work and heaven work.”[ii]For me, in our...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.New Living Translation“Give the following instructions to ...
Verse 26 “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied.” No more frustration, toil, and failure. The old man has passed away and the new creation has come. Jesus says, “Whoever eats My flesh (He is the bread of life) and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up...