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  • Thankfulness Pt. 2

    Thankfulness Pt. 2

    16      Rejoice always;            17      pray without ceasing;            18      in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). I used to be a very pessimistic and cynical person. I questioned everyone’s motives…

  • God’s Law, Just Society, and Our Dishonest Gain: Reflecting on the Plea of Psalm 119

    God’s Law, Just Society, and Our Dishonest Gain: Reflecting on the Plea of Psalm 119

    In psalm 119 so far, the psalmist As the psalmist reflects on the Law of God, he continues, Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain (Psalm 119:36).  Since the psalmist sees the Law of God as opposite dishonest gain, we get to ask another question of God’s Law–Does God’s Law actually…

  • The Source of Happiness and Blessing in Psalm 119

    The Source of Happiness and Blessing in Psalm 119

    In the first two stanzas of Psalm 119, we saw the psalmist reject his own selfish ways in favor of God’s ways because God’s ways are better. He came humbly to God, asked God to train him, and beseeched his Lord not to forsake him utterly. Stanzas 3 and 4 (ג , ד) sound very…

  • Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain- Exodus 20:7 (Daily Devotional)

    Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain- Exodus 20:7 (Daily Devotional)

    God instructs Israel not to take His name, Yahweh, in vain. The Hebrew word translated as “take,” here ((נסא, means to raise up, exalt, or carry—literally covering every way in which God’s name can be taken—merely spoken, used in praise, or carried as the name of a people (e.g. Israel, Christian). To do anything in…

  • Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4

    Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4

    Paul has Silvanus and Timothy with him. As is customary for Paul, he includes them in the writing of his letter. He writes to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ—that is in His name. Paul’s trinitarian theology shows at the start. Paul begins with a blessing: Grace…