WORD STUDY – AN EVIL SPIRIT

by | Nov 28, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 18:10: “And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the house.”   “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles...

WORD STUDY – TO DESPISE GOD

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Devotionals

II Samuel 12:10 “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.”   Every modern translation renders the Hebrew word bazah as despised.  When you check this...

WORD STUDY – KESEPH (WRATH)

by | Nov 17, 2013 | Devotionals

II Chronicles 19:3: “Nevertheless there are good things found in thee in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.”   This passage is referring to the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was a Godly king...

WORD STUDY – WHEN GOD IS ANGRY

by | Nov 2, 2013 | Devotionals

I Kings 11:9: “And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel which had appeared unto him twice.”   Every modern translation I read uses the word angry in this passage.  Well, I mean you can’t blame God for being...

WORD STUDY – I WILL GO

by | Oct 20, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 5:15;  “I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their offence and seek my face, in their affliction they will seek me early.”   By my count, the Old Testament mentions that God will not forsake us twenty two times. Yet, from the way this...