My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalm 84:2 Many of us got our first introduction to Hebrew as we watched Fiddler on the Roof and sang along, “to life, to life, l’chaim!” Chai or chay means life and Elohim Chai, or El Chay, is a frequent name of God. It seems in…
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Praying not Saying
“It is one thing to say your prayers and another thing to pray.” I’m not sure where that saying comes from, but I like the reminder. Am I going through the motions? Or am I talking to my loving Father? Jesus gave us a model for prayer that we’ve looked at the last few weeks.…
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A Harvest of Joy
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5 This passage has been used to teach that there is joy in the midst of grief or that those who have had a hard life will ultimately find joy in the end. Okay, but I’d like to consider another perspective as well. This poetic…
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Lord’s Prayer: Yours is the Kingdom
… for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:14 Some translations include this phrase while others do not, because it is not included in the earliest manuscripts that are translated. In any case, it is consistent with the rest of our text and makes a nice doxology as…
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