Shabbat Shalom! If you’ve been following my devotional blogs, you’ve seen that I use Jesus and Yeshua interchangeably. Jesus and the full…
Daily Word: Enter His Gates? Psalm 100:4
Shabbat Shalom! How do we enter our LORD’s gates? In other words, when do we begin praising, worshipping? When we enter our congregation’s…
Daily Word: Tell His Wonders! Psalm 9:2[1]
Shabbat Shalom! How do we praise the LORD with our whole heart? We tell everyone about His wonders. For David, the author of this psalm…
Daily Word: The Art of Praise. Revelation 4:11
Anyone an artist? A painter, sculptor, lyricist, writer? The context of today’s verse expresses beautiful images of the throne room of heaven…
Daily Word: Can We Look Beyond the Obvious? Jacob [James] 4:7
Shabbat Shalom! I am going a bit off topic here because, well, I think this is fascinating. Jesus’s half-brother, Jacob played an important role…
Daily Word: Even in our Fear? Psalm 56:4[3]
That oh so important context truly deepens today’s verse. David shares how he felt when captured by the Philistines — his old enemies…
Daily Word: Test Answers? Matthew 4:4
Here’s a difficult question. Have you ever cheated on a test? Getting the answers to a test by cheating foils the purpose of a test — to see if we understand…
Daily Word: You are My God. You are My Dad. Isaiah 25:1
With phrases like, “plans of old” and “steadfast faithfulness” and “wonderful things” is it any wonder we are in awe of our Dad? He is the Ancient of Days…
Daily Word: Love the LORD! Deuteronomy 6:5
Context is so important with today’s verse. Verse 5 begins with what is called the V’ahavta — which means “and you shall love.” The V’ahavta follows the Shem…
